jumping

Science

Adaptive defenses against malicious jumping genes

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. “Jumping genes” are one cause of mutations, but…

Read More »
Science

Bacterial ‘jumping genes’ can target and control chromosome ends

Transposons, or “jumping genes” — DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another — are…

Read More »
Science

A springtail-like jumping robot | ScienceDaily

Springtails, smallbugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists…

Read More »
Science

Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests

Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions to…

Read More »
Business

The rising threat of deadly diseases jumping from animals to humans

The drugged macaque lying in the bed of a pick-up truck in Thailand’s Khao Yai national park is an unwitting…

Read More »
Back to top button