Biology
New technique enables 3-D printing with paste of silicone particles in water
Credit: Orlin Velev, NC State University Using the principles behind the formation of sandcastles from wet sand, North Carolina State...
How can you tell deep-sea octopuses apart? Check their warts
Credit: Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. It's usually pretty easy for dedicated scientists with years of...
Biology professor uses microphones to track pollinating bees in new study
Credit: Courtesy: Nicole Miller-Struttmann ST. LOUIS - Tracking pollinating bees is a huge business in the world of agriculture. It's...
Fungi awake bacteria from their slumber
Credit: UFZ When a soil dries out, this has a negative impact on the activity of soil bacteria. Using an...
Oyster shells inspire new method to make superstrong, flexible polymers
Credit: Sanat Kumar/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--June 7, 2017--Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated for the first time a new...
Climate change misconceptions common among teachers, study finds
Recent studies have shown that misconceptions about climate change and the scientific studies that have addressed climate change are pervasive...
First dual-targeting nanoparticles lower cancer’s defenses and attack tumors
Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most exciting directions in cancer treatment. But the approach only works in...
Tufts University awarded $1 million grant to boost diversity in natural sciences
Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (June 7, 2017) -- A group of faculty at Tufts University's School of Arts...
New-generation material removes iodine from water
Credit: Chenfeng Ke / Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - June 7, 2017- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new...
Mining cancer data for treatment clues
Credit: Jeremy Goecks, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Shishir K. Maithel, H. Jean Khoury, James Taylor, Michael R. Rossi There is an...
A small group of neurons modulates the amount of insulin that the pancreas must produce
Credit: Image: Alicia G Gómez-Valadés The brain is key in the regulation of appetite, body weight and metabolism. Specifically, there...
The hidden order in DNA diffusion
Credit: © KAUST Anastasia Khrenova A different approach to analyzing the motion of diffusing molecules has helped overturn the long-held...
Imaging technique could be game changer for pharma
In drug development, the body can be something of a black box. We take medicine and observe the overall effects,...
Microbiology: Many forks make light work
New insights into the control of DNA replication and cell division in Corynebacterium glutamicum, a biotechnologically important microorganism, could help...
New fabric coating could thwart chemical weapons, save lives
Credit: Credit: American Chemical Society Click here to download the image. Chemical weapons are nightmarish. In a millisecond, they can...
Cope’s gray treefrogs meet the cocktail party problem
You've been there: Trying to carry on a conversation in a room so noisy that the background chatter threatens to...
Turning car plastics into foams with coconut oil
End-of-life vehicles, with their plastic, metal and rubber components, are responsible for millions of tons of waste around the world...
Seismic CT scan points to rapid uplift of Southern Tibet
Credit: Image courtesy NASA Using seismic data and supercomputers, Rice University geophysicists have conducted a massive seismic CT scan of...
Social experience tweaks genome function to modify future behavior
Credit: Don Hamerman Mice have a reputation for timidity. Yet when confronted with an unfamiliar peer, a mouse may respond...
Salk’s Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center partners with imaging giant ZEISS
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--The Salk Institute's Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center and ZEISS announced today a global partnership to accelerate...