Unearthing the impact of moisture on soil carbon processes
The ground below your feet contains some 2,500 gigatons of carbon, approximately three times the amount of carbon held in our atmosphere and four times...
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Heavy necking: New insights into the sex life of giraffes
It can be hard to know if someone is really into you. Sometimes, you get hints — a certain look or smile, a nervous blush...
New dual-phase imaging protocol reduces costs and radiation exposure for cognitively impaired patients
Reston, VA—A novel nuclear medicine imaging protocol can take the place of two separate imaging scans for the evaluation of brain changes linked to cognitive...
Killer whale mums pay high price for raising sons
Raising sons is an exhausting experience that leaves killer whale mothers far less likely to produce more offspring, new research shows.Credit: Center for Whale Research...
Dr. Michael Taylor joins Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine as Director of the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Program
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine are proud to welcome Dr. Michael Taylor, esteemed molecular biologist and CPRIT Scholar, as the Director of...
Fish schools work a bit like the brain
What do the brain and a school of fish have in common? They are both capable of efficient collective information processing, although each unit within...
Killer whale moms forgo future offspring for benefit of full-grown sons
It’s not unusual for parents and especially mothers to sacrifice their own future success for the sake of their offspring. Now a new study in...
A new ring system discovered in our Solar System
**Strictly embargoed until 16:00 (GMT) Wednesday 8 February 2023**Credit: Paris Observatory **Strictly embargoed until 16:00 (GMT) Wednesday 8 February 2023** A new ring system discovered...
New evolutionary insights from stepping outside the lab
Most of his career, Justin Crocker, EMBL Heidelberg Group Leader, has been working at the interface of development and evolution. In two new studies led...
Goethe University study: Investors also suffer in unregulated competitions for freely available resources
FRANKFURT. Without regulations for their use, the condition of freely accessible resources such as fish stocks, water or air can deteriorate dramatically. In economics, this...
Whiskers help nectar-eating “acro bats” hover like hummingbirds
From dragonflies to hummingbirds, hovering flight is among the most complex and captivating forms of animal movement—a physiological feat of size, musculature and wing development.Credit:...
The Network of European BioImage Analysts secures funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Modern life-sciences are unthinkable without advanced microscopy imaging techniques and quantitative bioimage analysis. “Spreading the profession of bioimage analysts and bioimage analysis knowledge internationally are...
The environmental benefits of a food-sharing economy are highly dependent on how the money saved is then used
Does the digital sharing economy really reduce harm to the environment? The researchers found that food sharing has significant environmental advantages, but that a substantial...
Constructor University lands 7th place in chemistry
Prof. Nau, seventh place out of more than 80 locations in Germany - are you satisfied with the results? Nau: Of course, we are very...
New economic model finds Fracture Liaison Services are highly effective
New research reveals that widespread Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) implementation would benefit patient outcomes, manifested in a significant reduction in subsequent fragility fractures and gains...
