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- Young apes manage emotions like humans do
- A bacterium reveals the crucible of its metallurgical activity
- Pandoravirus: Missing link discovered between viruses and cells
- New species of giant Amazonian fish
- Printable biotechnology
- Adhesion at 180,000 frames per second: Widespread natural adhesion system unraveled
| Young apes manage emotions like humans do Posted: 14 Oct 2013 12:57 PM PDT Researchers studying young bonobos in an African sanctuary have discovered striking similarities between the emotional development of the bonobos and that of children, suggesting these great apes regulate their emotions in a human-like way. This is important to human evolutionary history because it shows the socio-emotional framework commonly applied to children works equally well for apes. |
| A bacterium reveals the crucible of its metallurgical activity Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:23 AM PDT Magnetotactic bacteria have the ability to synthesize nanocrystals of magnetite enabling them to align themselves with the terrestrial magnetic field in order to find the position in the water column that is most favorable to their survival. The alignment of the nanomagnets is similar to that of a compass needle. The magnetite crystal synthesis process is a complex one, and it is little understood at the present time. |
| Pandoravirus: Missing link discovered between viruses and cells Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:23 AM PDT With the discovery of Mimivirus ten years ago and, more recently, Megavirus chilensis, researchers thought they had reached the farthest corners of the viral world in terms of size and genetic complexity. With a diameter in the region of a micrometer and a genome incorporating more than 1,100 genes, these giant viruses, which infect amoebas, had already largely encroached on areas previously thought to be the exclusive domain of bacteria. For the sake of comparison, common viruses such as the influenza or AIDS viruses only contain around ten genes each. |
| New species of giant Amazonian fish Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:23 AM PDT A new species of the giant fish arapaima has been discovered from the Amazon, raising questions about what other species remain to be found and highlighting the potential for ecological problems when animals are relocated from their native habitats. |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2013 06:42 AM PDT Cells, biological circuits, and individual biomolecules organize themselves and interact with the environment. Use of these capabilities in flexible and economically efficient biotechnological production systems is in the focus of the "Molecular Interaction Engineering" (MIE) project. It is the objective to develop printed biological circuits and catalysts for biologico-technical hybrid systems. |
| Adhesion at 180,000 frames per second: Widespread natural adhesion system unraveled Posted: 14 Oct 2013 06:41 AM PDT Adhesion is an extremely important factor in living nature: insects can climb up walls, plants can twine up them, and cells are able to adhere to surfaces. During evolution, many of them developed mushroom-shaped adhesive structures and organs. Scientists have now discovered why the specific shape is advantageous for adhesion. The answer is in homogeneous stress distribution between a surface and the adhesive element. |
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