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Horseradish flea beetle: Protected with the weapons of its food plant
Researchers elucidate how the insect regulates the accumulation of plant toxins via special transportersCredit: Anna Schroll When horseradish flea beetles...
Cell reprogramming could aid spinal cord injury recovery
Credit: Chris Thelen, Freelance Photographer Cells called astrocytes normally support our neurons, and now scientists are working to reprogram the...
New material to treat wounds can protect against resistant bacteria
First successful implementation of new antibacterial technologyCredit: Anna-Lena Lundqvist/Chalmers Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new...
Mediterranean turtles recovering at different rates
Credit: Olkan Erguler Numbers of two Mediterranean turtle species have risen in the last three decades - but in Cyprus...
The formation of the Amazon Basin influenced the distribution of manatees
Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing of the three extant species of the aquatic mammal shows that they first split from their...
Graphene key for novel hardware security
Credit: Jennifer McCann,Penn State As more private data is stored and shared digitally, researchers are exploring new ways to protect...
Early screening tool leads to earlier diagnosis and treatment for autism spectrum disorder
But in a surprising finding, pediatricians are far more apt to act if parents independently express concernsCredit: Credit: UC San...
Turns out developing a taste for carbs wasn’t a bad thing
Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, healthCredit: Katerina Guschanski A new study looking at the evolutionary...
Stanford researchers map how people in cities get a health boost from nature
Credit: Jacob Lund / Shutterstock Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led...
UM scientist joins team partnering with UN’s initiative to map ungulate migrations
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Celie Intering) MISSOULA - University of Montana Professor Mark Hebblewhite has joined an international team of...
‘Flipping’ optical wavefront eliminates distortions in multimode fibers
University of Rochester researchers use vectorial time reversal to demonstrate enhanced channel capacity in a 1-km-long multimode fiberCredit: Illustration by...
Does driving wear you out? You might be experiencing ‘accelerousal’
Researchers introduce new factor to explain stress while drivingCredit: University of Houston Admit it: Daily commutes - those stops, the...
Grand Challenge research harnesses AI to fight breast cancer
Thirty-nine teams from 12 countries participated in the BreastPathQ Grand Challenge to develop automated methods for analyzing microscopy images of...
Informed tourists make whale watching wafer for whales
Credit: Héctor Guzmán According to the International Whaling Commission, whale-watching tourism generates more than $2.5 billion a year. After the...
Geoscientists find that shallow wastewater injection drives deep earthquakes in Texas
Credit: Virginia Tech In a newly published paper, Virginia Tech geoscientists have found that shallow wastewater injection -- not deep...
Time running out to save coral reefs
Credit: Morgan Pratchett / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. New research on the growth rates of coral...
Ocean-bottom sediments tell a story about ancient Greenland summers
A study digs into the history of summer temperatures in southern Greenland, with findings that hold a message of caution...
Timing is everything in new implant tech
Stimulators win top award at circuitry conference, could aid spinal cord, heart therapiesCredit: Secure and Intelligent Micro-Systems Lab/Rice University HOUSTON...
Integrating medical imaging and cancer biology with deep neural networks
Neural network framework may increase radiologist's confidence in assessing the type of lung cancer on CT scans, informing individualized treatment...
Cinema in Flux | The Evolution of Motion Picture Technology
New Springer book traces the history of motion picture technology from the magic lantern (slide projector) to the digital eraCredit:...
