Kune Kune piglets possess social learning skills and have an astonishingly good memory
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Pigs are not commonly considered to be especially intelligent. Several individual trials, however, have shown them to ...
Springer Nature launches research solution for the life sciences
Protocols are "recipes" used in laboratory research to support the design and implementation of reproducible experiments. The step-by-step instructions help ...
A safe optical fiber for delivering light and drugs into the body
Credit: Dingying Shan / Chenji Zhang / Penn State A flexible, biodegradable optical fiber that can deliver light into the ...
UTokyo NY Conference to headline studies on deadly viruses, Alzheimer’s
Leading scientists from Japan in the fields of medical science and industrial science will speak at the UTokyo NY Conference ...
Women seen as younger when eyes, lips and eyebrows stand out
Credit: Aurélie Porcheron Aspects of facial contrast, a measure of how much facial features stand out in the face, decrease ...
Bycatch responsible for decline of New Zealand sea lion
Credit: Louise Chilvers Getting caught in fishing nets is a major cause of death for the increasingly endangered New Zealand ...
New NIH grant will study alcohol’s effects on the nervous system
Credit: Michigan Tech When a drink at the local watering hole turns into five or six, what are the effects ...
Some plants grow bigger — and meaner — when clipped, study finds
Credit: Illustration by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some plants behave like the mythical monster Hydra: Cut off their heads ...
Organic/inorganic sulfur may be key for safe rechargeable lithium batteries
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State We have come a long way from leaky sulfur-acid automobile batteries, but modern lithium batteries ...
Star tortoise makes meteoric comeback
Credit: WCS YANGON, MYANMAR (October 11, 2017) - The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), a medium-sized tortoise found only in ...
Key odorants in world’s most expensive beef could help explain its allure
Renowned for its soft texture and characteristic flavor, Wagyu beef -- often referred to as Kobe beef in the U.S. ...
Scientists eavesdrop on little-known beaked whales to learn how deeply they dive
Scientists have reported the first dive depths for Gervais' and True's beaked whales, two of the least known beaked whale ...
Climate change predicted to reduce size, stature of dominant Midwest plant, study finds
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The economically important big bluestem grass -- a dominant prairie grass and a ...
Three state governors headline 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium 2017
The governors of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, along with more than 50 experts in academia, government and industry, will take ...
Criminal offenders with genetic mental disorders judged more negatively
Popular literature, crime dramas and recent trials dominating the media imply that defense attorneys who portray their clients as victims ...
Scientists begin bold conservation effort to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction
Credit: Kerry Coughlin/National Marine Mammal Foundation SAN FELIPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA - An international team of experts has gathered in San ...
New genetic clue to peanut allergy
Canadian researchers have pinpointed a new gene associated with peanut allergy, offering further evidence that genes play a role in ...
Scientists describe ‘enigmatic’ species that lived in Utah some 500 million years ago
Credit: Julien Kimmig | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- To the untrained eye, it looks like a flower crudely etched ...
New materials may provide better ways to capture and store solar energy
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), funded by two significant ...
‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30 year-olds
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers at Western ...
