Biologists find invasive snails using new DNA-detection technique
Credit: Edward Levri, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Invasive species, beware: Your days of hiding may be ending. Biologists led by the University of Iowa discovered the...
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Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscope see in super resolution
Credit: Junxiang Zhao Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a technology that improves the resolution of an ordinary light microscope so...
Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain
Virginia Tech, Penn researchers show early learning shapes adult brain structureCredit: Virginia Tech An enhanced learning environment during the first five years of life shapes...
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution
Credit: Prof. Martin Trauth, University of Potsdam While it is widely accepted that climate change drove the evolution of our species in Africa, the exact...
Emotional regulation technique may be effective in disrupting compulsive cocaine addiction
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System An emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal helped reduce the typically heightened and habitual attention to drug-related cues and...
Duetting songbirds ‘mute’ the musical mind of their partner to stay in sync
There's Simon and Garfunkel, Tina and Ike, and Armstrong and Fitzgerald. But now, nature's famed duet singers, the plain-tail wren, shows neurobiologists the magic between...
Using fossil plant molecules to track down the Green Sahara
New publication: Researchers explain how vegetation was possible in the desertCredit: Photo: Rachid Cheddadi, University of Montpellier The Sahara has not always been covered by...
New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution
First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from waterCredit: Northwestern University Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes and other waterways...
Scientists discover a new genetic form of ALS in children
NIH- and USU- led study links ALS to a fat manufacturing gene and maps out a genetic therapyCredit: Courtesy of the NIH/NINDS. In a study...
Lundquist investigators in global study expanding genomic research of different ancestries
Paper in Nature Genetics: Genome-wide meta-analysis shows that research into different ancestries leads to better results and better careCredit: The Lundquist Institute LOS ANGELES (May...
Isolating an elusive missing link
ICIQ scientists from the Lloret-Fillol group have, for the first time, isolated and fully characterised an elusive intermediate in the Water Oxidation Reaction.Credit: ICIQ The...
Beer byproduct mixed with manure proves an excellent pesticide
Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown to reduce numbers of root-knot nematodes and increase yields of lettuce cropsCredit: Image: Maite Gandariasbeitia...
Ecole de technologie superieure welcomes two research chairs specialized in artificial intelligence applied to health
1.5 million in funding over three years from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ)Credit: ETS Thanks to $1.5 million in funding over...
Less is more? New take on machine learning helps us “scale up” phase transitions
Features of large systems yielded from tiny simulations with super-resolution techniquesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have enhanced "super-resolution"...
Climate change-resistant corals could provide lifeline to battered reefs
Corals that withstood a severe bleaching event and were transplanted to a different reef maintained their resilient qualities, according to a new study led by...
