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New papers posted dailySeptember 11, 2014
- Deep, noninvasive imaging and surgical guidance of submillimeter tumors using targeted M13-stabilized single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Absence of SUN-domain protein Slp1 blocks karyogamy and switches meiotic recombination and synapsis from homologs to sister chromatids
- Single-molecule correlated chemical probing of RNA
- PreImplantation factor promotes neuroprotection by targeting microRNA let-7
- Toward a unified therapeutics approach targeting putative amyloid-β oligomer receptors
- Evolved tooth gain in sticklebacks is associated with a cis-regulatory allele of Bmp6
Growing stem cells in 3D
September 2, 2014-
Cephalopod-inspired camouflage
A study finds that a temperature-sensitive dye coupled with a distributed array of photosensors on a thin flexible electronic substrate can yield systems capable of automatically adapting to match the coloration of their surroundings as a bio-inspired camouflage.
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Quantifying poaching’s contribution to elephant declines
Poaching across Africa has driven an average annual decline in African elephants of 2% across the continent since 2010, according to a study.
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Convergent evolution in African pygmy phenotypes
A genomic study of populations with pygmy phenotypes finds evidence of convergent evolution leading to small body size in rainforest hunter-gatherers, suggesting selection for the pygmy phenotype.
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