Revueltosaurus skeleton unearthed at Petrified Forest upsets dinosaur tale
The fossilized skeleton of a small crocodile relative excavated last year at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona throws a wrench into theories of how and where the dinosaurs arose more than 210 million years ago at the end of the Triassic Period. The animal, one of many creatures from the Late Triassic known only from their teeth, was thought to be an ancestor of the plant-eating or...Ancient DNA helps UF researchers unearth potential hemophilia therapy
A cut can be life-threatening for people with hemophilia, whose bodies don't produce enough of a protein that prevents prolonged bleeding. Now University of Florida researchers may be one step closer to finding a safe way to spur production of this missing protein in patients with the most common form of the hereditary bleeding disorder. Using a dormant strand of DNA that has quietly exist...Scientists' cell discovery unearths evolutionary clues
The full family tree of the species known as social amoebas has been plotted for the first time ?a breakthrough which will provide important clues to the evolution of life on earth. Researchers, headed by evolutionary biologist Professor Sandie Baldauf, of the University of York, and biochemist Professor Pauline Schaap, of the University of Dundee, have produced the first molecular 'dictio...End of summer unearths new tech discoveries
because I begin to sort and organize and otherwise occupy my time with activities other than writing program notes and working on opening remarks. I like to think that my ideas are percolating during this flurry of activity, but all I really know for sure...Research unearths how caffeine prevents us from sleeping
Although it has been a known fact that caffeine in coffee can keep us awake, even when we feel sleepy, it was not clear how exactly this happens.// Scientists from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas have found out exactly how caffeine keeps us awake. As the brain cells become overworked and tired, a chemical compound called adenosine sends impulses to the brain c...The reason for Alzheimer’s unearthed
As continuity to research on Alzheimer’s comes a new study that links breakdown of myelin to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers showed that genetic // testing, coupled with MRI imaging of myelin breakdown, may prove useful in assessing treatments for prevention of the disease, the scientists said. "Myelination, a proce...National Commission for Women to Investigate Unearthing of Female Fetuses in Pataudi
A three member-team of the National Commission for Women (NCW) led by Malini Bhattacharya will visit Pataudi in Haryana later today to investigate the unearthing of a large number of female fetuses . The team will meet local authorities to get first hand information of the case and the investigation conducted so far. The NCW spokesperson told reporters that they felt t...