Biology
NASA encourages kids to Train Like an Astronaut
Credit: Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut Mission X: Train like an Astronaut, since its inception in 2011, has morphed...
Pinpointing sources of water pollution with a robotic eel
Credit: EPFL EPFL researchers are taking part in an ambitious project funded by the Swiss NanoTera Program and aimed at...
Antibiotics come with ‘environmental side effects,’ experts say
Amsterdam, July 25, 2017 - Researchers writing in Microchemical Journal are bringing attention to the fact that commonly used antibiotic...
Violent sleep patterns & stress hormones change after a violent crime in the neighborhood
Almost 1.2 million violent crimes - homicide, sexual assault, assault, and robbery - were committed in the United States in...
Scientists find secret to cell size in world’s biggest food producer
A gene controlling cell size has been identified in a microalgal group which underpins a fifth of the world's food...
CCNY physicists master unexplored electron property
Credit: Image courtesy: Zheng Sun While the charge and spin properties of electrons are widely utilized in modern day technologies...
Humans imitate in unique ways: Comparing children and bonobos
From an early age, children are very skilled in imitating the actions of others and are so motivated to do...
Plant parasite dodder transmits signals among different hosts
Credit: ZHANG Jingxiong Around 1% of flowering plants are parasites. Some of these parasites can survive without host plants while...
Molecular microscopy illuminates molecular motor motion
Credit: Keith Mickolajczyk / Penn State A toddler running sometimes loses footing because both feet come off the ground at...
Dragonfly brains predict the path of their prey
Credit: David O'Carroll, Lund University New research from Australia and Sweden has shown how a dragonfly's brain anticipates the movement...
QUT to use drones to find and protect koalas
Queensland University of Technology will deploy drones in a high-tech effort to find and protect koalas in South East Queensland,...
‘Safe Genes’ award to Mass. General team aims to improve gene-editing technologies
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research team is one of seven nationwide receiving contracts under the DARPA Safe Genes program,...
CARB-X funding for global scientists racing to discover new antibiotics to treat superbugs
Scientists developing promising new antibiotics in India, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the US and UK are to share up to US$17.6m...
New strategy to design mechano-responsive luminescent materials
Credit: Jin M. et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 23, 2017 "Smart" materials that change color in...
Coral gardening is benefiting Caribbean reefs, study finds
Credit: Stephanie Schopmeyer, UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--A new study found that Caribbean staghorn corals (Acropora...
Zebrafish study reveals clues to healing spinal cord injuries
Credit: University of Edinburgh Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their nerve connections could hold clues to new therapies for...
Consuming walnuts may help keep the gut healthy, says new animal research
Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., July 25, 2017 - Conclusions from a new animal study suggest that walnut consumption...
New virus discovered in migratory bird in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Credit: Isaac Simão Neto Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Biomedical Science Institute (ICB-USP) in Brazil have discovered a...
Rahul Roychoudhuri awarded prestigious Lister Prize
Credit: Jonathan Lawson The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine has selected Babraham Institute group leader, Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri, to receive...
Could ‘cocktail geoengineering’ save the climate?
Credit: Illustration courtesy of Ken Caldeira. Earth image courtesy of NASA. Geoengineering is a catch-all term that refers to various...