Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds
Fossilised fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the ...
Rare sighting of luminous jet spewed by supermassive black hole
What happens when a dying star flies too close to a supermassive black hole?Credit: Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Centre ...
UC finds mammoth problem with extinction timeline
Precisely when mammoths went extinct has fascinated paleontologists for generations, perhaps because their decline coincided with the arrival of people ...
NIH funds trial giving AI-powered digital tools to clinicians treating teens for anorexia
LAWRENCE — Called a “pandemic within a pandemic,” the prevalence of anorexia nervosa (AN) among young people has spiked during ...
A new chair in quantum communication in Geneva
Building bridges between research, incubation, industry and teaching: this is the purpose of the new chair in quantum communication created ...
Ancient DNA from medieval Germany tells the origin story of Ashkenazi Jews
Extracting ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once-thriving medieval Ashkenazi Jewish ...
Ant pupae secrete fluid as “milk” to nurture young larvae
Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in ...
Physicists observe wormhole dynamics using a quantum computer
**A media zoom/Q&A for this news item is being held at 8am Pacific/ 11am Eastern Time tomorrow, Nov. 30. Several ...
NTU Singapore and Imperial College London strengthen ties with new strategic partnership in research, education, innovation and enterprise
Building on their successful collaboration in setting up the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ...
New genetic culprit suspected in the onset of pancreatic cancer
New research out of VCU Massey Cancer Center points to the inactivation of a previously unidentified gene as a likely ...
Scientists link rare genetic phenomenon to neuron function, schizophrenia
CHAPEL HILL, NC – In our cells, the language of DNA is written, making each of us unique. A tandem ...
Realising the scale of the visual pollution “monster”
In Visual Pollution: Concepts, Practices and Management Framework, published by Emerald, authors Professor Raheel Nawaz and Dr Khydija Wakil link ...
Large terrestrial mammals are more vulnerable to the acoustic impact of drones than to the visual impact
Large terrestrial mammals are vulnerable to the acoustic sounds of drones, technological systems which are increasingly used to study the ...
Female monkeys ‘actively reduce’ social network as they age
Female rhesus macaques “actively reduce” their social networks and prioritise friends and family as they get older, new research shows.Credit: ...
Nanodiamonds can be activated as photocatalysts with sunlight
Nanodiamond materials have great potential as catalysts. Inexpensive nanoparticles made of carbon provide very large surfaces compared to their volume. ...
Queen Mary University of London acquires first Cell DIVE multiplexed imager for a university outside of North America
Queen Mary University of London has become the first university outside of North America to acquire a Cell DIVE imager, ...
MSU, international team find existing drug could reduce side effects of popular cancer treatment
EAST LANSING, Mich. – A Michigan State University researcher is part of an international team that found an existing drug ...
Ultra-sensitive optical sensor can reduce hydrogen’s risks
In the pursuit of clean and renewable energy, hydrogen plays an important role. But a major challenge facing this transition ...
Researchers review impact of halides on electrochemical CO2 reduction
Halides hold promise for improving the performance of catalysts used in carbon dioxide conversion. A team of scientists has examined ...
Gorgeous rainbow-colored, stretchy film for distinguishing sugars (video)
Rainbows and sugar may conjure up images of a certain leprechaun-branded breakfast cereal. But now, researchers in ACS Nano report ...
