6000-8000 km round trip flight of migratory wading birds tracked
Credit: Satoe Kasahara Ph.D., Suwa Hydrobiological Station, Faculty of Science, and Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University The next time ...
Month: March 2020
Control mechanism of force-induced cell-to-cell adhesion
Credit: NIBB Using the amphibian Xenopus laevis as a model, Drs. Noriyuki Kinoshita and Naoto Ueno from the National Institute ...
Closing the carbon cycle to stop climate change
Credit: Ayan Maity, TIFR, Mumbai An excessive amount of carbon dioxide is the main cause of climate change. One of ...
To prevent tick encounters, where you dump your leaves matters
Raking leaves out to the yard edge may increase tick numbers thereCredit: Flickr user Lennart Tange, CC BY 2.0 Annapolis, ...
On the origin of massive stars
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, I. Stephens This scene of stellar creation, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, sits near the ...
Aboriginal scars from frontier wars
Legacy of Australian colonial Native Mounted Police forceCredit: Flinders University Hundreds of Aboriginal men who became native mounted police in ...
Access to forbidden rings
Researchers at UNIGE have developed a new method for creating chains of molecular rings with unparalleled sophistication.Credit: © UNIGE Cyclic ...
Loss of protein disturbs intestinal homeostasis and can drive cancer
Credit: Marc Healy, UZH Colorectal carcinoma (CRC), the most common form of intestinal cancer, is the second leading cause of ...
NUS invention: The world’s first aerogels made from scrap rubber tires
Patented technology cuts rubber waste; Novel rubber aerogels are ultra-light, highly absorbent, durable, and traps heat and soundCredit: National University ...
Recyclable nano-fiber filtered face masks a boon for supply fiasco?
A KAIST team develops washable nanofiber fast maskCredit: KAIST Wearing a face mask is a common sight in Korea during ...
Cross-technology communication in the Internet of Things significantly simplified
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Whether networked vehicles that warn of traffic jams in real time, household appliances that ...
The European Commission offers significant support to Europe’s AI excellence
ELISE project receives 12 Million Euros in funding from the European CommissionCredit: Photographer: Ari-Pekka Sinikoski The ELISE proposal has been ...
The imitation game: Scientists describe and emulate new quantum state of entangled photons
A research team from ITMO University, with the help of their colleagues from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia) ...
Three-drug combination reduces COPD patient mortality
Credit: ATS March 18, 2020--Once-daily treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with an inhaler combining fluticasone furoate ...
Fish scales could make wearable electronics more sustainable
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b09880 Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport ...
Pioneers of modern computer graphics recognized with ACM A.M. Turing Award
Hanrahan and Catmull's innovations paved the way for today's 3-D animated filmsCredit: Catmull photo credit: Deborah Coleman/Pixar Hanrahan photo credit: ...
‘Fatal attraction’: Small carnivores drawn to kill sites, then ambushed by larger kin
Credit: Kaija Klauder/University of Washington In many parts of the world, there is an imbalance in the food chain. Without ...
Salmon provide nutrients to Alaskan streambanks
Credit: David D'Amore Adult Pacific salmon spend a great portion of their life in the ocean. But their life began ...
Comparisons of organic and conventional agriculture need to be better, say researchers
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of ...
UMass Amherst biostatistician lends expertise to white house coronavirus task force
New research calculates median incubation period for COVID-19Credit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician who directs the UMass-based ...
