The venom of C. rolani is a prime example of evolution at work. One sting from the snail is enough to incapacitate a small fish. And, because the fish is already unresponsive when consumed, C. rolani does not have to risk an injurious struggle with its prey. Over millions of years, […]
When cities transform into a colorful world of lights as darkness falls, it’s often only possible to estimate their contours, which depending on the perspective can draw the attention to key details or trivia. In fluorescence microscopy, biological cells are marked with fluorescent dyes and excited to luminesce in specific areas […]
Physicists, chemists and immunologists at McMaster University have teamed up to modify red blood cells to transport viral agents which can safely trigger the immune system to protect the body against SARS-CoV-2, creating a promising new vehicle for vaccine delivery.
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Researchers found a bull ant venom component that exploits a pain pathway in mammals, which they believe evolved to stop echidnas attacking the ant’s nests.
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Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators — the echidna — that also could have […]
News, Diamond structure responsible for starfish strength
Abstract: Beneath a starfish’s skin lies a skeleton made of pebbly growths, called ossicles, which mostly consist of the mineral calcite. Calcite is usually fragile, and even more so when it is porous. But the hole-riddled ossicles of the knobby starfish (Protoreaster nodosus) are strengthened through an […]
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