Scientific Frontline
Scientific FrontlineA sexually dominant, aggressive "Hulk" morph of the common wall #lizard is rapidly extinguishing ancient yellow and orange throat color variants that previously coexisted for millions of years.
#EvolutionaryBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ebio01212601.html
Scientific FrontlineHot spring bathing behaviors in Japanese #macaques actively reshape the host "holobiont," specifically modifying lice distribution and gut #microbiota composition beyond simple thermoregulation or stress relief.
#Zoology #Ecology #BehavioralScience #Primatology #Ethology #MicrobialEcology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/zoo01202601.html
Scientific FrontlineResearchers identified a "winter memory" mechanism in #plants involving protein clusters (VIN3 and VRN5) that double in size during cold conditions and persist after warming to trigger spring flowering.
#Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01192601.html
Scientific FrontlineThe study shows that chronic exposure to the #insecticide #chlorpyrifos at concentrations too low to cause immediate #toxicity causes fish to age faster at the cellular level.
#Environmental #Ecology #Ichthyology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/env01152602.html
Scientific FrontlineNew research suggests that #molten rock deep inside so-called super-earths may generate powerful #magnetic fields necessary for sustaining life
#PlanetaryScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ps01152601.html
Scientific FrontlineScientists have recovered and analyzed the #genes of a 14,400-year-old woolly #rhinoceros preserved inside the stomach of an ancient #wolf
#Paleontology #EvolutionaryBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/pal01152601.html
Scientific FrontlineA toxin secreted by #cholera #bacteria can inhibit the growth of #colorectal #cancer without causing any measurable damage to the body.
#Oncology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ongy01142601.html
Scientific FrontlineNew research from USC shows that variations in underground temperature and sediment thickness segment the Main Marmara Fault in ways that control where #earthquakes start, how far they spread and where they stop
#EarthScience #Istanbul #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/es01142602.html
Scientific FrontlineNew research reveals how a class of #neurons that help coordinate communication in the #brain link up with their target cells, identifying two #molecules that must be present before synapses, the structures that carry signals between these partners, can form on the target neurons.
#Neuroscience #MolecularBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ns01132601.html
Scientific FrontlineThe city of #Pompeii was buried by the #eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now reconstructed the city's water supply system based on carbonate deposits
#Anthropology #Archeology #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/anth01132601.html