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Ants swallow their own acid to protect themselves from germs
Credit: Simon Tragust Ants use their own acid to disinfect themselves and their stomachs. A team from Martin Luther University...
Mainz U & GSI involved in EU network of PhD students for research on radioactive elements
Nuclear and atomic physicists and nuclear chemists of Mainz University and GSI are closely involved in the EU Innovative Training...
A breakthrough of the mechanism of energy saving in collective swimming
Credit: College of Engineering, Peking University Professor Xie Guangming's group in the College of Engineering at Peking University has found...
The Charlesworth Group strengthens Hindawi partnership in China
Leading open access publisher Hindawi has extended their partnership with The Charlesworth Group to include digital author marketing in China.Credit:...
The importance of good neighbors in catalysis
Credit: David Albinsson/Chalmers University of Technology Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts. New research from...
New protein nanobioreactor designed to improve sustainable bioenergy production
Credit: Professor Luning Liu Researchers at the University of Liverpool have unlocked new possibilities for the future development of sustainable,...
Biologists shed light on mystery of how microbes evolve and affect hosts
Credit: Bill Cole TORONTO, ON - The era of COVID-19 and the need to constantly wash one's hands and sanitize...
Two centuries of Monarch butterflies show evolution of wing length
Credit: Micah Freedman, UC Davis North America's beloved Monarch butterflies are known for their annual, multi-generation migrations in which individual...
New research partnership
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 2, 2020--Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB), the Center for Biomedical Research...
Short-term moisture removal can eliminate downy mildew of spinach
Credit: Braham Dhillon Downy mildew is the biggest threat to spinach production around the world. While the pathogen has a...
‘Transparent solar cells’ can take us towards a new era of personalized energy
Scientists design novel transparent solar cells using thin silicon films, with efficient power generationCredit: Joel Filipe on Unsplash Today, the...
Depression, social anxiety, and use of mobile dating apps
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 2, 2020--Depression symptoms and social anxiety are associated with greater...
Study suggests increased risk of restraint use in black patients in the emergency setting
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- A study published in...
Self-watering soil could transform farming
Credit: University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- A new type of soil created by engineers at The University...
Lizard skull fossil is new and ‘perplexing’ extinct species
Credit: Simon Scarpetta In 2017, while browsing the fossil collections of Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, University of Texas...
Hot or cold, weather alone has no significant effect on COVID-19 spread
Credit: Ian Dolphin. At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there were high hopes that hot summer temperatures could reduce...
Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation
Credit: Forsman, et al. (2020) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine...
Novel technique spotlights neuronal uptake of amyloid beta in Alzheimer’s disease
Study finds a short section of the amyloid beta protein is recognized by the cellular prion protein, which mediates its...
NIST researchers advance efforts to accurately measure glyphosate pesticide in oats
Credit: J. Murray/NIST Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of...
Flying through wildfire smoke plumes could improve smoke forecasts
Credit: Brett Palm/University of Washington Wildfires burning in the West affect not only the areas burned, but the wider regions...
