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Cockroach mating habits and developmental features help uncover insect evolution
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that a "lost" family of cockroaches may be the missing link in the...
An Amazonian tea stimulates the formation of new neurons
Credit: Terpsichore. One of the main natural components of ayahuasca tea is dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which promotes neurogenesis --the formation of...
Ecologically friendly agriculture doesn’t compromise crop yields
Increasing diversity in crop production benefits biodiversity without compromising yields, according to an international study examining diversified and simplified agricultural...
Sugar-coated viral proteins hijack and hitch a ride out of cells
New drug target for sugar-coated virusesCredit: Image: ?ukasz F. Sobala Researchers from the Universities of Melbourne, York, Warwick and Oxford...
On the hunt for wild bananas in Papua New Guinea
Scientists are racing to collect and conserve wild banana species; a recent expedition to the epicenter of banana diversity shows...
Germanium telluride’s hidden properties at the nanoscale revealed
Credit: HZB Germanium telluride (GeTe) is known as a ferrolectric Rashba semiconductor with a number of interesting properties. The crystals...
Baby dinosaurs were ‘little adults’
Paleontologists describe skeleton of a juvenile Plateosaurus for the first timeCredit: © Sauriermuseum Frick, Switzerland Long neck, small head and...
Atrophy can be combated by boosting expression of an enzyme produced in muscles
Study showed that targeted stimulation of PKA production promoted muscle growth and enhanced resistance to fatigueCredit: Dawit Gonçalves/FMRP-USP Researchers at...
phyloFlash: New software for fast and easy analysis of environmental microbes
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen are developing a user-friendly method to reconstruct and analyze...
LSU health team wins Best 2020 Radiology Image award
Credit: Schachner & Spieler - LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - AuntMinnie.com awarded Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice Chairman...
Astronomers discover clues that unveil the mystery of fast radio bursts
UNLV astrophysicist Bing Zhang contributes to understanding the physical mechanisms of fast radio bursts in three papers published in NatureCredit:...
Swirl power: how gentle body movement will charge your mobile phone
Scientists have found a way to generate electricity from nylon, raising hopes that the clothes on our backs will become...
A new candidate material for quantum spin liquids
Credit: Péter Szirmai In 1973, physicist and later Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson proposed a bizarre state of matter: the...
New insights into 3D printing of spacers and membranes
To also address the controversies on the feasibility of 3D printing for membranes, researchers from SUTD and NTU have coined...
Doctoral student receives NSERC award to study innovative brain cancer treatment
Credit: Virginia Tech The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) supports research that results in "breakthrough answers...
Scientists design magnets with outstanding properties
New lightweight magnets have possible real-world applicationsCredit: Rodolphe Clérac An international team of researchers led by the Centre de Recherche...
Cancer researchers train white blood cells to attacks tumor cells
Credit: © NCT/UCC/André Wirsig Scientists at the National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC) and Dresden University Medicine, together with...
Higher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfaces
Metasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticles shown to improve resolution of fluorescence images of living cells under a widefield optical microscope...
Seeing dark matter in a new light
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions - James Josephides A small team of astronomers have found a new way to 'see' the...
‘Liquid sunshine’ enlightens new way of green energy
Credit: DICP The potential of renewable energy in China is huge. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and lowering carbon...