With long legs and large wings, the white stork is a prominent star of the pageant that is animal migration. Flying from Europe towards Africa in autumn, and then back again in spring, birds can be seen taking to the sky ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2024
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The curvature of a surface determines the migration behavior of biological cells. They preferentially move along valleys or grooves while avoiding ridges. These findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 18, 2024
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Migration is a survival mechanism for many species. Animals travel to find food, reproduce, reduce competition, escape predators or escape winter.
Ecology
Nov 13, 2023
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Coral reefs—the foundation of many aquatic ecosystems—are among the ocean's most vulnerable inhabitants. While natural processes, like animal predation and storms, frequently damage corals, human impact, like ship collisions ...
Ecology
Jul 14, 2023
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Like deactivating a bomb by cutting the correct wire, what if we can disable a cancer cell from spreading by "terminating" the right switch in its machinery? A team of researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute and the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2023
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Computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with biologists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, recently announced in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution a new, predictive model ...
Ecology
Feb 1, 2023
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During mesenchymal migration, a cancer cell moves like a gecko on a wall.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 5, 2023
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When people talk about adapting to climate change, they often refer to innovations—a new crop variety that can withstand more extreme heat or building underwater pumps to cool coral reefs. But Gary Lyn, an assistant professor ...
Economics & Business
Nov 1, 2022
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Drought and the potential increase in the number of droughts worldwide due to climate change remains a concern for scientists. A recent study led by Stony Brook University researchers suggests that human migration due to ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2022
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The long-distance migrations performed by groups of animals offer some of the most spectacular natural phenomena on our planet.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2021
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