Biology
New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but conventional water-repellent coatings...
Small bee ‘pollen thieves’ are not effective bumblebee substitutes, study shows
Credit: Dan Addison, University of Virginia Bumblebee populations are declining in the United States for a range of reasons -...
Regional Earth system modeling: Review and future directions
Credit: Filippo Giorgi The regional climate modeling community is actively engaged in the development of regional earth system models (RESMs),...
HKUST scientists discover autophagy inhibitory peptides from giant ankyrins
Credit: Division of Life Science, HKUST Autophagy, meaning "self-eating" in Greek, is a general metabolic mechanism adopted by nearly all...
The novel function of self-renewal factor of spermatogonial stem cells is identified
Credit: Seiji Takashima Ph.D., the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology in Shinshu University A research team found a novel...
The scent of a man: What odors do female blackbuck find enticing in a male?
Credit: NCBS At Tal Chhapar, a wildlife sanctuary in the heart of the Thar desert, a strange drama is staged...
Plant fossils provide new insight into the uplift history of SE Tibet
Credit: ©Science China Press The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau in the world, is well known as 'The...
The proper protection and use of information workshop
When the American Society for Horticultural Science convenes its annual conference this summer, some discussion will involve matters of concern...
Genetic ancestry test users ‘cherry-pick’ which races to identify with
Genetic ancestry tests are often advertised as a tool to uncover new connections to diverse cultures and ancestries, but new...
New study reveals the function of a mysterious component of the inner ear
A few years ago, Ian Swinburne, HMS research fellow in systems biology, noticed something odd while conducting a time-lapse microscopy...
Carbon dioxide-to-methanol process improved by catalyst
Credit: penn State Dramatic improvements have been made to the process of converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to methanol,...
The evolution of testes
The loss of anatomical features is a frequent evolutionary event. For example, humans and other great apes have lost their...
Revolutionizing retinal studies
Charles Lieber and his group are rewriting the rules of how scientists study retinal cells, and they're doing it with...
Study investigates the reproductive habits of the fungus that causes athlete’s foot
The sexual habits of Trichophyton rubrum, the fungus that causes athlete's foot and other kinds of skin and nail infections,...
‘Music of speech’ linked to brain area unique to humans
We humans are the only primates that can flexibly control the pitch of our voices. This melodic control is not...
Cheating on cheaters
Credit: Roberto Keller A new study, to be published in Current Biology* on 28 June, proposes new strategies to induce...
Off the scale: Can forensics save the world’s most-trafficked mammal?
Credit: Tim Wacher, ZSL A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching. Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now...
Territory holders and floaters: Two spatial tactics of male cheetahs
Credit: Leibniz-IZW Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz IZW) in Berlin analysed the spatial behaviour...
Chimpanzees start using a new tool-use gesture during an alpha male take over
Credit: TCP/Liran Samuni "Leaf clipping is a special behaviour. It is a rare example of tool-use in a communicative context...
Low-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking
Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled...
