The case of the missing diamonds
It all began innocently enough. Tyrone Daulton, a physicist with the Institute for Materials Science and Engineering at Washington University...
Rudolph’s antlers inspire next generation of unbreakable materials
Credit: Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered the secret behind the toughness of deer antlers and...
Newly discovered ‘Casper’ octopod at risk from deep-sea mining
Credit: Courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016. Last spring, researchers made headlines with the...
Manganese nodules as breeding ground for deep-sea octopuses
Bremerhaven/Germany, 19 December 2016. Manganese nodules on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean are an important breeding ground for deep-sea...
Starfish larvae create complex water whorls to eat and run
Credit: Original art by Rebecca Konte for the Prakash Lab Peek into a tide pool along the shore and you...
KU Leuven awards honorary doctorate to Louise O. Fresco
As part of its Patron Saint's Day celebrations on 15 February 2017, KU Leuven will confer an honorary doctorate on...
Space-based lidar shines new light on plankton
Credit: Image by Tim Marvel, NASA CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A space-based sensor that can "see" through fog, clouds and darkness...
Ancient Chinese malaria remedy fights TB
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - A centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists and used to effectively...
Hormone concentrations in young mammals predict trade-offs later in life
Early development after birth can have profound effects on survival and reproduction. Now new research suggests that concentrations of a...
North Korean seismic event of May 2010 likely was earthquake, not nuclear test
A tiny seismic event that occurred in North Korea on 12 May 2010 appears to have bene an earthquake rather...
Important element of immune defense against fungal infections discovered
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Fungal infections are a serious health risk. They can be harmful especially to patients whose...
Movement of rainforest butterflies restricted by oil palm plantations
Scientists at the University of York have found that oil palm plantations, which produce oil for commercial use in cooking,...
The transgender ‘bathroom bill’: Who wants it — men or women?
Most women are not bothered much about the fact that they might at times share public bathrooms designated for females...
Studies of one of the world’s rarest birds, the Rufous-headed Robin
Credit: Photo: Pete Morris Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden have put...
UVA discovers powerful defenders of the brain — with big implications for disease
Credit: Sachin Gadani | University of Virginia School of Medicine UVA researchers discover an influential type of immune cell in...
Fuel cells with PFIA-membranes
Credit: Heike Cords/HZB Fuel cells convert chemical energy of fuels such as hydrogen into electricity. The technology is highly efficient...
Researchers model the way into a nuclear future
Credit: MIPT Press Office Physicists from MIPT and the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences...
Scientists replace piece of gene mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in effort to make healthy
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 19, 2016) - Scientists are using "gene scissors" to cut off the code of...
Barramundi populations at risk from acid oceans
Credit: Jennifer Pistevos, University of Adelaide Wild barramundi populations are likely to be at risk under ocean acidification, a new...
Detection system reads biomolecules in barcoded microgels
Credit: Dannhauser et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2016 -- Single-stranded, noncoding micro-ribonucleic acids (microRNAs), consisting of 18-23 nucleotides, play...
