Early urbanism found in the Amazon
More than 20 years ago, Dr. Heiko Prümers from the German Archaeological Institute and Prof. Dr. Carla Jaimes Betancourt from the University of Bonn, at...
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Killing cancers with Z-DNA: A new approach to treating therapy resistant tumors that targets a very-specific cell-death pathway
In a paper appearing in Nature today, an international group of scientists have unlocked a new way to kill hard to treat cancers. These tumors...
Palaeospondylus: Long-standing mystery of vertebrate evolution solved using powerful X-rays
The Evolutionary Morphology Laboratory led by Shigeru Kuratani at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) in Japan, along with collaborators, has found evidence that the mysterious ancient...
Mice choose best escape route without ever experiencing threat
Escaping imminent danger is essential for survival. Animals must learn a new environment fast enough for them to be able to choose the shortest route...
Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
One day more than 3000 years ago, someone lost a shoe at the place we today call Langfonne in the Jotunheimen mountains. The shoe is...
UofL to create New Vision of Health Campus for pioneering work to increase health equity
The University of Louisville is creating a new campus in downtown Louisville to be known as the UofL Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute - New Vision of...
Researchers discover the mechanism responsible for information transfer between different regions of the brain
In the early 20th century scientists began to record brain activity using electrodes attached to the scalp. To their surprise, they saw that brain activity...
Why COVID vaccines are deemed non-essential for UK young children
THROUGHOUT the pandemic the University of Huddersfield’s Department of Pharmacy has been raising awareness on what vaccines are, how they are formulated, and why they're an important...
Some apes might pull a poker face
Kyoto, Japan -- How could a human mother tell that her child is upset? Humans can distinguish the meanings of facial expressions of our fellow...
Secrets of tree hyraxes in Kenya uncovered with new research techniques
Tree hyraxes are medium-sized mammals living in the canopies of tropical forests. They are shy and only move at night, which is why next to...
When male buddies become less important than female mating partners
Male friends may provide emotional support; they can help in the defense of females against rivals or the acquisition of high social status. But everything...
HKU Conservation Forensics Lab develops novel environmental DNA monitoring method for identifying rare and endangered fish species sold in Hong Kong wet markets
In a paper recently published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, researchers in the Conservation Forensics Lab at The University of Hong Kong have outlined a...
First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, ancient proteins confirm
Proteins extracted from fragments of prehistoric eggshell found in the Australian sands confirm that the continent’s earliest humans consumed the eggs of a two-metre tall...
Review identifies gaps in our understanding of how ML can aid stock valuation
Over the past two decades, researchers have used big data and machine learning (ML) methods to provide insight relevant for equity valuation. Many of these...
Singapore scientists pinpoint how non-alcoholic fatty liver disease increases risk of vascular diseases
These findings by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) shed light on why the leading cause...
