Screw-shaped bird sperm swim faster — but it comes at a cost
Credit: Hanna Støstad The research was part of the thesis of PhD student Hanna Nyborg Støstad, investigating the peculiar spiral...
Unraveling the tangled web of online television
Professor Catherine Johnson's new book, 'Online TV.' provides a guide to changes that have taken place since the arrival of...
And the blobs just keep on coming
Credit: Tom Bridgman/NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio When Simone Di Matteo first saw the patterns in his data, it seemed too...
Study: Impact of concussions reduced in children with more years of sport experience
TORONTO, April 4, 2019 - More years in sports - not less - may help protect the brains of children...
Electricity-conducting bacteria yield secret to tiny batteries, big medical advances
Researchers reveal amazing biological 'wires' of a sort never seen beforeCredit: Edward H. Egelman Scientists have made a surprising discovery...
The chemistry behind color-changing birds (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 04, 2019 -- There are thousands of species of birds here on Earth,...
Super berries power up porridge
As the popularity of porridge continues to rise, the addition of a super berry could make it the ultimate new...
HZB contributions to special edition on ultrafast dynamics with X-ray methods
Credit: Royal Society Almost 350 years after Isaac Newton's ground-breaking paper "Theory of Light and Colors (1671)", the world's oldest...
Can human breast milk reduce intestinal injury following bone marrow transplant?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 4, 2019--A new pilot study compared the use of human...
Catalyst research for solar fuels: Amorphous molybdenum sulfide works best
Credit: HZB Sunlight not only can be used to generate electricity, but also hydrogen. Hydrogen is a climate-neutral fuel that...
ERC Advanced Grant for Thomas Rudel
Credit: (Photo: Robert Emmerich / JMUW) Chlamydia is the main cause of venereal diseases in Germany. These sexually transmitted bacteria...
Dye chemistry transferred to modern times
Credit: Ingo Peters / University of Wuerzburg "With your work, you have transferred dye chemistry to modern times." This praise,...
Photons trained for optical fibre obstacle course will deliver stronger cyber security
Researchers from the NUS-Singtel Cyber Security Research & Development Laboratory in Singapore demonstrate a way to improve quantum key distribution...
One in every 12 Canadian with migraines has attempted suicide
Childhood exposure to parental domestic violence, sexual abuse and/or physical abuse substantially increased the likelihood of suicide attempts among adults...
Researchers engineer a cost-effective treatment for neglected tropical disease
A fungus, an antibiotic, a parasite, and a cureCredit: Image by Motomichi Matsuzaki, CC-BY Researchers have turned a fungus into...
No such thing as ‘sugar rush’! Sugar worsens mood rather than improving it
Sugar does not improve any aspect of mood and can even worsen it, according to new research published in Neuroscience...
Black nanoparticles slow the growth of tumors
Melanin as a new diagnosis and treatment tool for tumorsCredit: Vipul Gujrati / Technical University of Munich The dark skin...
Radiation oncology workforce study indicates potential threat to rural cancer care access
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2019 -- The newest study of America's radiation oncology...
Capturing mosquito waste could speed up virus detection
Proof-of-concept test results in first-ever detection of viruses in field-collected mosquito wasteCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health Image Library Annapolis,...
University of Manchester technology set to lead fight against anti-microbial resistance
Increasing pressures on health services have led to the over-prescription of commonly used antibiotics, more instances of mis-prescription and subsequently,...
