Study of chilli genetics could lead to greater variety on our plates
Credit: World Vegetable Center Scientists investigating the genetics of chilli pepper species have discovered a whole host of new chilli hybrids that can be grown...
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Small robot swimmers that heal themselves from damage (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Living tissue can heal itself from many injuries, but giving similar abilities to artificial systems, such as robots, has been extremely...
Female salmon are dying at higher rates than male salmon
Credit: UBC Female adult sockeye from the Fraser River are dying at significantly higher rates than their male counterparts on the journey back to their...
Dow-like index for energy prices might help smooth transition to clean power
New metric can calculate and forecast the average price of the energy in the United StatesCredit: Rachel Barton/Texas A&M Engineering Since the early industrial revolution...
Waste from making purple corn chips yields a natural dye, supplements, kitty litter
Credit: Patrizia De Nisi The more colorful a food, the more nutritious it probably is. For example, purple corn contains compounds associated with a reduced...
Medical imaging dimensionality mismatch
Researchers investigated observer performance for 2D and 3D image localization tasks; they found that when observers scrolled through a 3D image, there was little evidence...
Study shows DHA supplement may offset impact of maternal stress on unborn males
Researchers also discovered one reason why maternal stress affects unborn males more than femalesCredit: Justin Kelley Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia disproportionately affect males...
How grasslands respond to climate change
Effects of CO2 increase were already apparent in the past centuryCredit: Rothamsted Research "Based on field experiments with increased carbon dioxide concentration, artificial warming, and...
New neuropharmacological approach
Credit: Rudolf Virchow Center Dysfunctional nerve cell proteins are thought to underlie a large number of mental disorders. The involved proteins and their specialized tasks...
Tiny currents may impact vital ocean food source
Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Copepods are tiny crustaceans about the size of a grain of rice, but they are one of the most...
Psychological forest: What trees reveal about Antarctic researchers
Credit: NIPR At the bottom of the world, there's a small island about four kilometers off the coast of Antarctica. In summer, temperatures climb to...
Searching for hints of new physics in the subatomic world
Particle physicists use lattice quantum chromodynamics and supercomputers to search for physics beyond the Standard ModelCredit: A. Bazavov (Michigan State U.), C. Bernard (Washington U.,...
Automatic trail cameras keep wildlife research going during pandemic
Researchers share how trail cameras enabled science to continue even without fieldworkCredit: Austin Green/University of Utah For scientists, especially graduate students, who conduct fieldwork, every...
Positive self-image and self-esteem protects against weight gain in adolescence
Credit: Eivind Meland A new study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that the way young people view their bodies have a great impact...
Beware of fellow bacteria bearing gifts: Skoltech research presents new potential antimicrobial agen
Credit: Pavel Odinev/Skoltech Skoltech researchers examined the antibiotic compounds that employ a 'Trojan horse' strategy to get into a bacterial cell unrecognized and prevent the...
