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Researchers discover new features of a gene defect that affects the length of the muzzle and caudal vertebrae in dogs

Feb 25, 2021

The results clearly showed that the DVL2 gene defect results in caudal vertebrae anomalies in homozygous state. Another main finding in the study was that the gene defect affects muzzle...

Conservation paradox – the pros and cons of recreational hunting

Feb 25, 2021

This is the first attempt to summarize the scientific literature examining the biodiversity and social effects of recreational hunting globally. “We used automated approaches to investigate and summarize the main...

A sleep disorder associated with shift work may affect gene function – Going on holiday has a restorative effect on changes in DNA

Feb 25, 2021

DNA methylation denotes epigenetic regulation that modifies gene function and regulates gene activity without changing the sequence of bases in the DNA. The recently published study provides researchers with new...

The invisible smallest particles matter for the air we breathe

Feb 25, 2021

“We found that the smallest particles matter the most”, says Academician Markku Kulmala from the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR). The researchers tackled the for-long controversial topic...

Israel adopts law allowing names of unvaccinated to be shared

Feb 25, 2021

Israel's parliament passed a law Wednesday allowing the government to share the identities of people not vaccinated against the coronavirus with other authorities, raising privacy concerns for those opting out...

US Navy tests ‘solar satellite’ that can beam power to ANYWHERE on Earth from space

Feb 25, 2021

THE US Navy has fired a pizza box sized satellite into orbit that generated enough electricity to power an iPad. It's designed as a prototype for a future system to...

‘UFO’ mystery deepens as American Airlines doesn’t deny spotting and says ‘talk to the FBI’

Feb 25, 2021

AMERICAN Airlines has not ruled out that one of its jets encountered an apparent UFO over New Mexico last weekend. We just had something go right over the top of...

Building a more diverse, global, lifelong learning community during the pandemic

Feb 25, 2021

Over the past year, professionals around the world were forced to pivot to remote work or, in many cases, they lost jobs due to the adverse economic effects of the...

Biden leans into empathizer-in-chief role

Feb 24, 2021

Biden will travel to Texas on Friday with first lady Jill Biden Jill BidenBiden to travel to Texas on Friday Biden mourns 500,000 American lives lost to coronavirus Biden to...

3 Questions: Ian Waitz and Blanche Staton on MIT’s continuing commitment to graduate students

Feb 24, 2021

Here, Ian A. Waitz, vice chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education, and Blanche Staton, senior associate dean for graduate education in the Office of Graduate Education, describe some of the...