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Noise, light pollution alter the reproduction of birds: study

[ad_1] CHICAGO, Nov.11 (Xinhua) – A University of Michigan (UM) study has suggested that human-caused noise and light pollution can harm individual species of bird populations. Researchers looked at a large collection of datasets to assess how artificial light and human-caused noise affected the reproductive success of 58,506 nests from …

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Elusive deep-sea squid first found in Australian waters

[ad_1] Australia is home to all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures, and scientists have found another peculiar resident. Key points: Five bigfin squid have been spotted in the Great Australian Bight off the west coast of South Australia The squid can live more than 4,500m below the ocean surface …

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How organ functions have been modeled in the course of evolution

[ad_1] Credit: Public Domain CC0 A large-scale study by molecular biologists from the University of Heidelberg has produced groundbreaking new insights into the evolution and regulation of gene expression in mammalian organs. Scientists studied RNA synthesis and subsequent protein synthesis in human and other representative mammalian organs and, with the …

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