Biology
Not only humans got talent, dogs got it too!
Is talent in a given field a uniquely human phenomenon?Credit: Photo by Cooper Photo Some exceptionally gifted people have marked...
Methane in the plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus: Possible signs of life?
A study published in Nature Astronomy concludes that known geochemical processes can't explain the levels of methane measured by the...
Secret to weathering climate change lies at our feet
New research on the microbiome of grass shows that the future lies with healthy bacteriaCredit: Richard Wellenberger/iStock/Getty Images Plus AMHERST,...
Scientists warn on the harmful implications of losing Indigenous and local knowledge systems
The study has been published in the Journal of EthnobiologyCredit: Joan de la Malla Five Simon Fraser University scholars are...
To understand ecology, follow the connections
New research from UMass Amherst suggests that demography is the key to managing habitat loss and fragmentationCredit: Lucilleb/iStock/Getty Images Plus...
Worms learn how to optimize foraging by switching their response to social cues
Worms optimise their foraging behaviour by learning to associate pheromones with food availability and changing their movements accordinglyCredit: Adapted from...
Loss of biodiversity in streams threatens vital biological process
Credit: Bradley Cardinale Lab, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores...
An ‘instruction’ to the crocodylian skull
Scientists from St Petersburg University described for the first time all structures in the animal's braincase, having studied more than...
Keeping bacteria under lock and key
UD researchers and collaborators report advances in biological containmentCredit: Photo by Kathy Atkinson Scientists and engineers are constantly looking for...
New species of pseudo-horses living 37 million years ago
Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country describe two palaeotheriidae mammals that lived in the subtropical landscape of AlavaCredit:...
Schools in Barcelona create a map of the city’s air pollution thanks to citizen science
Credit: Perelló, J. et al. (2021) A study led by University of Barcelona researchers and carried out together with more...
Danish invention to make computer servers worldwide more climate friendly
Credit: University of Copenhagen An elegant new algorithm developed by Danish researchers can significantly reduce the resource consumption of the...
New nanotech will enable a ‘healthy’ electric current production inside the human body
The innovative material that creates green energy through mechanical forceCredit: Tel Aviv University A new nanotechnology development by an international...
Wallonia as an international reference for the timeline
Paleontologists from Univeristy of Liège (Belgium) redefine the geological boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. A Walloon site could...
Sharp size reduction in dinosaurs that changed diet to termites
Credit: Zhixin Han/ https://www.artstation.com/xinyanjun Dinosaurs were generally huge, but a new study of the unusual alvarezsaurs show that they reduced...
A new understanding of patterns in fluid flow
A persistent pattern formation dynamics is observed and explained through an inter-disciplinary study between chemical engineering and mathematics, and this...
Sentinel-2 constellation of satellites used for the ongoing monitoring of grasslands
Credit: University of Córdoba A research group at the University of Cordoba has conducted study focused on evaluating the potential...
Building a better biosensor polymer
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Xavier Pita A new organic (carbon-based) semiconducting material has been developed that outperforms existing options for...
Machine learning cracks the oxidation states of crystal structures
Credit: David Abbasi Pérez. Chemical elements make up pretty much everything in the physical world. As of 2016, we know...
NIH Avant Garde Award for out-of-box, innovative concept to cure HIV and treat addiction
Multi-disciplinary approach to eradicate all traces of HIV from body, and treat co-existing substance use disorders/addictionCredit: UMSOM University of Maryland...
