Mystery solved: how hummingbirds fly through gaps that are too small
Soaring, wings outstretched, many birds sail through the air unhindered. However, species that dine on fruit, seeds and nectar must negotiate tiny gaps in cluttered...
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Hummingbirds’ unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures
Most birds that flit through dense, leafy forests have a strategy for maneuvering through tight windows in the vegetation — they bend their wings at...
UTHealth Houston researchers awarded $2.6 million NIH grant to study molecular pathways and potential strategies for treatment of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury
A four-year, $2.6 million grant to study circadian rhythm and novel therapies to protect the heart during a heart attack or cardiac surgery has been...
NASA’s Webb, Hubble telescopes combine to create most colorful view of universe
Astronomers once again have combined the observational powers of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to create one of the most detailed and colorful portraits of...
Scientists use quantum biology, AI to sharpen genome editing tool
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used their expertise in quantum biology, artificial intelligence and bioengineering to improve how CRISPR Cas9 genome editing tools work...
Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team, including astronomer Alexander de la Vega of the University of California, Riverside, has discovered the most distant barred...
Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers
Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows.Credit: Andrew Young Desert birds lay larger eggs when...
Bacteria-virus arms race provides rare window into rapid and complex evolution
As conceived by Charles Darwin in the 1800s, evolution is a slow, gradual process during which species adaptations are inherited incrementally over generations. However, today...
Developing next-gen traffic signal control systems with air quality in mind
After a summer that broke all sorts of dismal records in terms of cataclysmic wildfires across North America, there is now an even greater awareness...
UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute launches clinical trial for personalized pain management
Credit: UC Health Method of Research Randomized controlled/clinical trial Subject of Research People
Scientists unveil significant increase in short-duration extreme precipitation over mountainous areas under global warming
A new study led by Prof. Xiaopeng Cui from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with experts from...
The enigma of embryonic development: How certain animals trim their genomes
Credit: Credit University of Warwick New research is underway to decipher a fascinating biological puzzle—how some animals can naturally discard more than half of...
Poison dart frogs: Personality determines reproductive strategies
Unlike their relatives, individuals of the poison frog Allobates femoralis are not poisonous but are captivating due to their different behavioral profiles: They successfully reproduce...
Extended habitability of exoplanets due to subglacial water
- Professor Amri Wandel, from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has unveiled research that promises to redefine our comprehension of habitable exoplanets. In a recent study...
Researchers decipher the mechanism by which the MAF protein promotes breast cancer metastasis
Barcelona, 9 November 2023 – Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women, with more than 2 million new cases diagnosed each...
