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Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation
— 17 Nov 2011 17:43 | BiologyFlies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany,…
Micro-RNA blocks the effect of insulin in obesity
— 1 Apr 2011 15:15 | HealthBody weight influences the risk of developing diabetes: between 80 and 90 percent of patients with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese. According to scientists at the Max Planck…
Thyroid affects colour vision
— 30 Mar 2011 17:16 | HealthWhat part does the thyroid gland have in vision? Thyroid hormone is crucially involved in controlling which visual pigment is produced in the cones. Previously, it was assumed that…
Max Planck researchers urge more prominent role for zoos
— 18 Mar 2011 15:24 | BiologyOf around seven land vertebrate species whose survival in the wild is threatened one is also kept in captivity. These and other data on the protection of species in zoos and aquaria…
A glove on your hand can change your mind
— 11 Mar 2011 16:04 | HealthUnconsciously, right-handers associate good with the right side of space and bad with the left. But this association can be rapidly changed, according to a study published online March…
New microscope decodes complex eye circuitry
— 10 Mar 2011 18:11 | BiologyThe sensory cells in the retina of the mammalian eye convert light stimuli into electrical signals and transmit them via downstream interneurones to the retinal ganglion cells which,…
Learning to see consciously
— 9 Mar 2011 19:44 | HealthOur brains process many more stimuli than we become aware of. Often images enter our brain without being noticed: visual information is being processed, but does not reach consciousness,…
Older parents are happier with more children
— 7 Mar 2011 17:25 | Health'Children may be a long-term investment in happiness,' says MPIDR demographer Mikko Myrskylae. Together with Rachel Margolis from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA,…
Xenacoelomorpha - a new phylum in the animal kingdom
— 17 Feb 2011 17:51 | BiologyAn international team of scientists including Albert Poustka from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin has discovered that Xenoturbellida and the acoelomorph worms,…
Tau-induced memory loss in Alzheimer's mice is reversible
— 17 Feb 2011 17:48 | HealthAmyloid-beta and tau protein deposits in the brain are characteristic features of Alzheimer disease. The effect on the hippocampus, the area of the brain that plays a central role in…