Evolution drives autism and other conditions to occur much more frequently in boys
Genetic researchers see greater role in health researchCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, March 3, 2021 -- Evolutionary forces drive a ...
I-Seed project for intelligent biodegradable soft robots mimicking plant seeds behaviour
The project will develop intelligent seeds able to monitor environmental parameters. Coordinated by IIT's researcher Barbara Mazzolai, it involves other ...
Prehistoric killing machine exposed
Previously thought of as heavy, slow and sluggish, the 260-million-year-old predator, Anteosaurus, was a ferocious hunter-killerCredit: Alex Bernardini (@SimplexPaleo) Judging ...
Humans drive most of the ups and downs in freshwater storage at Earth’s surface
Credit: Cooley et al. 2021, Nature Water levels in the world's ponds, lakes and human-managed reservoirs rise and fall from ...
UNF professor awarded US patent to fight cancer tumors using synthetic curcumin analogs
Credit: University of North Florida Dr. Kenneth Laali, University of North Florida Presidential Professor of Chemistry, has recently been awarded ...
New form of symbiosis discovered
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement ...
University students with special educational needs highlight the benefits of e-assessment
More than 250 participants in the study recognized the specific benefits provided by e-authentication but expressed concerns about the risk ...
Key steps discovered in production of critical immune cell
Credit: Courtesy of WEHI WEHI researchers have uncovered a process cells use to fight off infection and cancer that could ...
Researchers discover SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors
Pharmacists at the University of Bonn: Substances block key step in coronavirus replicationCredit: © V. Namasivayam/Pharmazeutisches Institut/Uni Bonn A research ...
‘Target identified’: teaching a machine how to identify imperfections in 2D materials
Applying machine learning to automated characterisation of atomically-thin materialsCredit: FLEET Just as James Cameron's Terminator-800 was able to discriminate between ...
Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips
Credit: Lucas Schweickert In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method ...
Common dolphin populations at risk
Trans-Tasman study calls for greater collaborationCredit: Dr Kerstin Bilgmann (Macquarie & Flinders University) While consumers look out for the Dolphin ...
Molybdenum disulfide ushers in era of post-silicon photonics
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers of the Center for Photonics and Two-Dimensional Materials at MIPT, together with their colleagues ...
How to choose low glycaemic index (GI) foods? A GI “glossary” of Asian foods released
Singapore research team's comprehensive study provides the glycaemic index values for a variety of foods that are consumed in non-Western ...
Filming a 3D video of a virus with instantaneous light and AI
Credit: POSTECH It is millions of trillions of times brighter than the sunlight and a whopping 1,000 trillionth of a ...
Climate models may significantly overestimate savings from improved energy efficiency
Credit: University of Sussex The models used to produce global climate scenarios may overestimate the energy and emission savings from ...
Researchers investigate imaginary part in quantum resource theory
Credit: WU Kangda et al. Recently, research team led by academician GUO Guangcan from CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information ...
A Thousand Brains introduces a novel theory of intelligence
A new book by Jeff Hawkins offers implications for AI and for the future of humanity - with foreword by ...
Drug found effective for weight loss in patients with obesity and diabetes, international study show
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Semaglutide, an injectable medication taken once a week, offers a nonsurgical way to reduce weight ...
Drug target could fight Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: The University of Queensland Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease are in the firing line after researchers ...