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Vanderbilt-led study shows high-salt diet decreases thirst, increases hunger
Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center When you eat salty food, you get thirsty and drink water. Right?...
Creating time crystals
Harvard physicists have created a new form of matter - dubbed a time crystal - which could offer important insights...
Science fiction horror wriggles into reality with discovery of giant sulfur-powered shipworm
Loading video... Credit: Marvin Altamia Our world seems to grow smaller by the day as biodiversity rapidly dwindles, but Mother...
Cover crops may be used to mitigate and adapt to climate change
Credit: Penn State Cover crops long have been touted for their ability to reduce erosion, fix atmospheric nitrogen, reduce nitrogen...
Houston’s gourmet food trucks cooperate, compete to elevate group’s prestige
HOUSTON - (April 17, 2017) - New research by management and organizational behavior experts at Rice University's Jones Graduate School...
Termite gut holds a secret to breaking down plant biomass
Credit: UW-Madison/James Runde MADISON, Wisconsin -- In the Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the incredibly efficient eating...
Eat, prey, move
Credit: Katie Davis It's a fish-eat-fish world out in the ocean, and prey species usually fear the predators that would...
Electronics to control plant growth
Credit: Thor Balkhed A drug delivery ion pump constructed from organic electronic components also works in plants. Researchers from the...
Getting things done while you wait for WiFi
Credit: Jason Dorfman, MIT CSAIL Hyper-connectivity has changed the way we communicate, wait, and productively use our time. Even in...
Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery
Credit: Angharad Stell, University of Bristol. Recent studies have explored a range of possible causes. Suggestions have included a rise...
Atomic structure reveals how cells translate environmental signals
Credit: RIKEN Culminating a nearly 10 year effort, researchers have determined the atomic resolution structure of a key molecule that...
Dr. John Lahey, President of Quinnipiac Univ., awarded first-ever ACGT Edward Netter Award
Credit: Photo credit: Quinnipiac University Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), the nation's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to cell and...
Protein Science Best Paper awards annoucement
Credit: Brian Matthews, Editor of Protein Science Warmest congratulations to Charlotte Miton1 and Zach Schaefer2 (Figure 1), the recipients of...
NASA spots Tropical Cyclone 02W’s remnants in South China Sea
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The remnants of former Tropical Depression 02W still lingered in the South China...