Biology
Ancient tooth shows Mesolithic ancestors were fish and plant eaters
Credit: Sapienza University of Rome Previous analysis of Mesolithic skeletal remains in this region has suggested a more varied Medittaranrrean...
Dolphin algorithm could lead to better medical ultrasounds
Millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning have made dolphins phenomenally good at using echolocation to orient themselves, find food and...
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Technological Institute for...
Understanding immune system interplay to improve organ transplant success
A rare opportunity to analyse both blood and tissue samples from human transplant recipients has allowed immunology researchers at the...
Number of wild mountain gorillas exceeds 1,000
Credit: Martha Robbins, MPI-EVA "This represents one of the rare success stories in conservation. The population of mountain gorillas in...
Scientists boost crop production by 47 percent by speeding up photorespiration
Credit: Video produced by Claire Benjamin/RIPE project Plants such as soybeans and wheat waste between 20 and 50 percent of...
Study estimates increased death rate in Puerto Rico in months after Hurricane Maria
Boston, MA - The mortality rate in Puerto Rico rose by 62% after Hurricane Maria, according to a new study...
Goodbye ‘stress granules’: Study expands possibilities for treating neurological diseases
Credit: Journal of Cell Science Cell biologists have deepened understanding of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases. The findings could open...
TGen and Huntsman Cancer Institute receive $6.7 million grant to battle a hidden enemy
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 30, 2018 -- Often what kills cancer patients is not the cancer at its original or...
Seed grant to establish Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology
Credit: Elena Dimitrova CLEMSON - In a collaboration with faculty from six other universities, Clemson University mathematician Elena Dimitrova has...
ESA tipsheet for June 2018
Credit: ©M Curnock Biologists use eDNA to find insect invaders Biologists can use environmental DNA ("eDNA") found in water samples...
The smallest biggest theropod dinosaur
Credit: G. Bindellini Spinosaurus is the longest, and among the largest predatory dinosaurs, and possesses many adaptations for a semiaquatic...
Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets
Credit: Eleanor Caves DURHAM, N.C. -- Compared with many animals, human eyes aren't particularly adept at distinguishing colors or seeing...
Lone water molecules turn out to be directors of supramolecular chemistry
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Scientists in supramolecular chemistry often run into surprising outcomes. A broken seal of a lab cuvette...
Iron-sulfur cluster research offers new avenues of investigating disease
Many important proteins in the human body need iron-sulfur clusters, tiny structures made of iron and sulfur atoms, in order...
Space technologies to help improve environmental and living conditions at banks of the Ganges
Credit: Surya Gupta Leicester team to use satellite data to examine how changes in water availability and agricultural practises threaten...
Kicking the car(bon) habit better for air pollution than technology revolution
Changing our lifestyles and the way we travel could have as big - if not more of an impact on...
Italy’s oldest olive oil discovered in peculiar pot
Credit: Polo Regionale di Siracusa per i siti e musei archeologici Museo Paolo Orsi CASTELLUCCIO, ITALY- (May 30, 2018)- Olive...
OSA to launch new gold open-access journal, OSA Continuum
Credit: OSA Publishing Team WASHINGTON--The Optical Society (OSA) today announced it will begin publishing a new Open-Access journal, OSA Continuum,...
Sugarcane pest produces foam to protect itself from heat
Credit: INCT Semiochemicals and ESALQ-USP Tiny balls of froth can often be seen near the roots of plants in sugarcane...