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Robotic flexing: biologically inspired artificial muscles made from motor proteins

Scientists develop a 3D printing-compatible strategy to actuate millimeter-scale robots using genetically modified biomolecular machineryCredit: Yuichi Hiratsuka from JAIST. Ishikawa, ...

Water flora in the lakes of the ancient Tethys Ocean islands

New biogeographical affinities in Cretaceous floraCredit: Cretaceous Research A study published in Cretaceous Research expands the paleontological richness of continental ...

Tübingen study raises hope for effective malaria vaccine

Credit: Universität Tübingen / Paul Mehnert Sanaria® PfSPZ-CVac" is a live vaccine consisting of infectious Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria parasites ...

A surprising discovery: Bats know the speed of sound from birth

Bats' "supersense" of timeCredit: Tel Aviv University A new Tel Aviv University study has revealed, for the first time, that ...

New Monarch butterfly breeding pattern inspires hope

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- A count of the Western Monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers, ...

Tracking down the tiniest of forces: How T cells detect invaders

T cells use their antigen receptors like sticky fingers -- a team from TU Wien and MedUni Vienna was able ...

UBCO cardiovascular researcher urges women to listen to their hearts

Ignoring medical symptoms can lead to stroke, dementia, early deathCredit: UBCO A UBC Okanagan researcher is urging people to learn ...

Probing protein’s role in cell biology to understand how it might fight cancer

A team of researchers sets out to discover the connections that lie at the heart of a protein that might ...

Cryptic sense of orientation of bats localised: the sixth sense of mammals lies in the eye

Credit: Photo by Oliver Lindecke Mammals see with their eyes, hear with their ears and smell with their nose. But ...

New map reveals genes that control the skeleton

Researchers have mapped the gene activity of osteocytes to improve their understanding of skeletal diseaseCredit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research ...

FAU gets CDC grant to test PPE efficacy and workplace virus transmission

College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers will assess safety measures against airborne transmission of viral infectionsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida ...

Erythropoietin treatments may increase hip fracture risk in patients with kidney failure

Credit: Dr. Noguchi Erythropoietin (EPO) is a medication used to stimulate the production of new red blood cells, which is ...

Light pollution at night affects the calls of migratory birds

Credit: Tim Jones When investigators in the UK recorded the calls of migratory birds called thrushes at night, they found ...

A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar discovered

A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires.Credit: ...

UMD team demonstrates swarm of photons that somersault in lockstep

Credit: Hancock, Zahedpour, and Milchberg/University of Maryland Spinning or rotating objects are commonplace, from toy tops, fidget spinners, and figure ...

Long-term monitoring shows successful restoration of mining-polluted streams

Despite differences in aquatic life and toxic metals in streams across a broad region of the western United States, scientists ...

Machine learning accelerates cosmological simulations

Using neural networks, researchers can now simulate universes in a fraction of the time, advancing the future of physics researchCredit: ...

With a zap of light, system switches objects’ colors and patterns

"Programmable matter" technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with easeCredit: Image courtesy of Michael Wessley, Stefanie Mueller, ...

Without commuter traffic, pandemic-era drivers are speeding up, increasing noise pollution