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Phys.org / Italians spent thousands of years perfecting grape cultivation, ancient seeds show
The domestication of grapevine was a slow process in Italy, taking place over thousands of years, according to a study published in PLOS One by Mariano Ucchesu of the University of Montpellier, France, and colleagues.
Phys.org / Giant extinct kangaroos' preference for home over roaming may have sealed their fate
Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when climate change caused that home to disappear, according to a study published in PLOS One by Christopher Laurikainen Gaete of the University of Wollongong, Australia, ...
Phys.org / Nanoparticle treatment combined with radiation therapy significantly improves glioblastoma survival in mice
Glioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive brain tumor that mainly affects adults. Approximately 30,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with GBM every year and patients have a 5-year survival rate of 7%. Current treatments ...
Phys.org / Early embryos show surprising flexibility in fixing DNA organization mistakes
An international research team led by Helmholtz Munich has, for the first time, provided a detailed insight into how the spatial organization of genetic material is established in the cell nucleus of early embryos within ...
Phys.org / Climate change is lifting South Africa out of the ocean, study finds
South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water—by up to 2 millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been assumed up to now that this phenomenon was due to mantle flow in Earth's crust. However, a study carried ...
Phys.org / Women from the Bronze Age already carried heavy loads on their heads, skeletal analysis finds
An interdisciplinary study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) reveals that women living in the region of Nubia (present-day Sudan) developed skeletal changes adapted to bearing heavy loads on their heads ...
Phys.org / A new map of arthropod evolution, from fossils to embryos
A new study by Prof. Ariel Chipman of The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem provides a novel model for understanding the development and evolution of arthropod body plans—specifically ...
Phys.org / Hotter temps trigger wetlands to emit more methane as microbes struggle to keep up
Rising temperatures could tip the scale in an underground battle that has raged for millennia. In the soils of Earth's wetlands, microbes are fighting to both produce and consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane. But if ...
Phys.org / How an antimalarial drug could help fix genetic diseases
The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers.
Phys.org / How bats multitask in order to drink during flight
A team of mechanical and biological engineers at Cornell University and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Brown University and Virginia Tech has learned how some bats are able to multitask while drinking water ...
Phys.org / Most school shooters grew up with guns as key part of social life, study suggests
A new analysis of school shootings in the U.S. suggests that most shooters had a social background in which guns were a key leisure item, with attached meanings of bonding and affection, which also translated into easy access ...
Phys.org / Data science approaches crack the code of cell movement
Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have created a data science framework to better understand how cells travel through the body.