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[ad_1] Three articles published on 11 November in Nature present important advances in understanding the evolution of birds and mammals, made possible by new methods for comparing the genomes of hundreds of species. Comparative genomics uses genomic data to study evolutionary relationships between species and to identify DNA sequences with …

[ad_1] Scientists say they have recorded multiple sightings of elusive bigfin squid in Australian waters for the first time. The researchers, led by CSIRO, recorded cephalopods in the deep waters of the Great Australian Bight on two separate trips. Bigfin squid – or Magnapinna – are known for their long …

[ad_1] Global warming isn’t the only temperature rise we need to worry about – a new study suggests. Due to natural activity in the galaxy, the entire universe appears to be getting warmer. A recent paper found in the Astrophysical Journal describes the thermal history of the universe over billions …

[ad_1] New crew As part of the move to US President-elect Joe Biden, he has appointed a team of eight volunteers to join him. The team includes a diverse mix of NASA personnel including a former astronaut and several key scientists, according to Space.com. Although the team is made up …

[ad_1] A team of scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University has discovered a paleolatose basin located under the ice sheet in northwestern Greenland; Geomorphological analyzes and hydrological models indicate that the basin once housed a lake with an area of ​​up to 7,100 km2 and a volume …

[ad_1] Typical excitation patterns at different packing fractions. Reproduced from Nature Fig. ~ 1b-d, November 11, 2020 (online). Credit: IBS Bo Li and Kai Kou, Research Fellows of IBS Center for Soft and Living Matter, along with Walter Kob, Professor of the University of Montpellier and Institute Universitaire de France, …

[ad_1] But what kind of face mask will offer you and others the best protection against any new coronavirus circulating in the air? “In addition to the filtration level, we have to be careful with the assembly,” continued Allen. “You want the mask to cross the bridge of your nose, …

[ad_1] Credit: Public Domain Unsplash / CC0 Like restless children who pose for a family portrait, electrons won’t stay still long enough to stay in any kind of fixed arrangement. Cornell researchers stacked two-dimensional semiconductors to create a super lattice moiré structure that traps electrons in a repetitive pattern, eventually …

[ad_1] The environment provided by the mother during the development of the embryo has important consequences on health and life span in old age. This may arise from the effects on cellular aging which is often estimated with telomere length. Telomeres are the protective caps of chromosomes and their length …

[ad_1] EMERYVILLE, California, November 11, 2020 / PRNewswire / – Bio Fauna today announced that the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Linda Goodman, is a co-author of a she studies Posted in Nature as part of an international team of researchers with an effort called the Zoonomia Project. The study, …