How long will a volcanic island live?
Plate tectonics and mantle plumes set the lifespan of volcanic islands like Hawaii and the Galapagos.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Jan. 1, 2020 | mit~8 mins
Tags: eaps earth-and-atmospheric-sciences environment geology evolution research school-of-science nasa
A new way to regulate gene expression
Biologists uncover an evolutionary trick to control gene expression that reverses the flow of genetic information from RNA splicing back to transcription.
Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology | Dec. 9, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: biology school-of-science data disease dna evolution genetics health research national-institutes-of-health-nih
How biomarkers can record and reconstruct climate trends
Scientists reveal the genes and proteins controlling the chemical structure of a paleoclimate biomarker.
Fatima Husain | EAPS | Dec. 4, 2019 | mit~5 mins
Tags: eaps school-of-science research climate ocean-science dna biology geology climate-change microbes evolution genetics bacteria earth-and-atmospheric-sciences national-science-foundation-nsf department-of-energy-doe
Investigating the rise of oxygenic photosynthesis
EAPS scientists find an alternative explanation for mineral evidence thought to signal the presence of oxygen prior to the Great Oxidation Event.
Kate Petersen | EAPS | Dec. 4, 2019 | mit~5 mins
Tags: eaps school-of-science microbes environment climate bacteria evolution biology geology research genetics
Continuing a legacy of Antarctic exploration
The Summons Lab compares lipids from Antarctic microbial communities to century-old samples.
Fatima Husain | EAPS | Nov. 22, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: eaps school-of-science biology climate climate-change evolution research animals earth-and-atmospheric-sciences geology ecology environment microbes bacteria genetics
Comparing primate vocalizations
Study shows Old World monkeys combine items in speech — but only two and never more, unlike humans.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Sept. 3, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences linguistics evolution biology animals research
Study furthers radically new view of gene control
Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Aug. 8, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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Using recent gene flow to define microbe populations
New method identifies ecologically and medically relevant bacteria groups.
Becky Ham | MIT News correspondent | Aug. 8, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: research civil-and-environmental-engineering school-of-science school-of-engineering microbes bacteria evolution national-science-foundation-nsf
Uncovering the riches of traditional global medicine
Researchers solve how the kava plant produces its pain-relieving and anti-anxiety molecules, demonstrate an extensible method to scale and optimize production.
Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute | July 23, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: whitehead-institute biology school-of-science evolution genetics mental-health national-science-foundation-nsf research health plants
Genetic study takes research on sex differences to new heights
Differences in male and female gene expression, including those contributing to height differences, found throughout the body in humans and other mammals.
Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute | July 18, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: whitehead-institute school-of-science biology evolution genetics national-institutes-of-health-nih research animals
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