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What fire ants can teach us about making better, self-healing materials
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Fire ants form rafts to survive flooding, but how do those bonds work? And what can we learn...
Bluetooth tracking devices provide new look into care home quality
Wearable Bluetooth devices can shed light on the care that residents of care homes are receiving and which residents are...
International research team cracks a hard physics problem
Strongly interacting systems play an important role in quantum physics and quantum chemistry. Stochastic methods such as Monte Carlo simulations...
Bees and butterflies on the decline in western and southern North America
Bee and butterfly populations are in decline in major regions of North America due to ongoing environmental change, and significant...
Singing researchers find cross-cultural patterns in music and language
Language and music may share evolutionary functions. Both speech and song have features such as rhythm and pitch. But are...
Racial disparities in childhood obesity on the rise
Among public school students in New York City, some of the greatest increases in childhood obesity in recent years were...
Researchers conduct first-ever study to characterize microbiota in saliva of weaned piglets on commercial farms in Brazil
Bacteria of the phyla Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, including those of the genus Streptococcus, are the most common microorganisms found in the...
WPI researcher receives $1.2 million award to determine how environment impacts gene expression in bacteria
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Natalie Farny is launching a $1.2 million, five-year project that could advance the use of bacteria for...
Chiropractic associated with lower likelihood of tramadol prescription in adults with sciatica
CLEVELAND -- A new study led by researchers at University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found that adults initially receiving chiropractic...
Heating proteins to body temperature reveals new drug targets
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 15, 2024) — Some proteins shift their shape when exposed to different temperatures, revealing previously unknown binding sites...
Final dust settles slowly in the deep sea
'Dust clouds' at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a...
Unwrapping the origin story of the baobab
The baobab (Adansonia) is a genus of trees with eight extant (in existence currently) species and a long history of...
Analyzing androgynous characteristics in an emperor penguin courtship call #ASA186
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 15, 2024 – An emperor penguin’s sex determines the nature of their courtship call – male vocalizations...
First ‘warm-blooded’ dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago
The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs...
All wound up: A clearer look at electric guitar pickups #ASA186
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 15, 2024 – The electric guitar has been a core element of popular music for much of...
Some mice may owe their monogamy to a newly evolved type of cell
NEW YORK, NY — What makes the oldfield mouse steadfastly monogamous throughout its life while its closest rodent relatives are...
Scientists from IOCB Prague are expanding the possibilities of using RNA in gene medicine
Dr Petr Cígler and his collaborators are working on refining molecular systems for transporting ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules into cells....
Alzheimer’s disease without symptoms. How is that possible?
Everyone experiences aging in their own way, and factors such as genetics, lifestyle and environment play a role in this...
Adding polymerized ionic liquid improves performance of perovskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells, which use materials with the same crystal structure as perovskite, are lightweight, flexible, easy to manufacture, and...
Repurposed beer yeast may offer a cost-effective way to remove lead from water
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Every year, beer breweries generate and discard thousands of tons of surplus yeast. Researchers from MIT and...
