Appreciating a flower’s texture, color, and shape leads to better drone landings
Credit: MAVLab/ TU Delft If you ever saw a honeybee hopping elegantly from flower to flower or avoiding you as you passed by, you may...
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Study identifies a nonhuman primate model that mimics severe COVID-19 similar to humans
New research published in The American Journal of Pathology suggests that aged African green monkeys may be suitable models for the study of severe forms...
Acidification impedes shell development of plankton off the US West Coast
Credit: Credit: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Shelled pteropods, microscopic free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification because research has shown that...
Blockchain technology to optimize P2P energy trading
Mitsubishi Electric and Tokyo Tech Develop - For more flexible trading environments and expanded use of surplus electricity from renewable energyCredit: Symposium on Cryptography and...
A new carbon budget framework provides a clearer view of our climate deadlines
Concordia's Damon Matthews outlines a more comprehensive method of calculating how much CO2 we can emit and still meet Paris Agreement targetsCredit: Concordia University Just...
Scientists reveal structure of plants’ energy generators
The first 3D structure of the components of the mitochondrial electron transport chain in plants reveals unique features that could help in herbicide and pesticide...
Genetic rewiring behind spectacular evolutionary explosion in East Africa
Credit: Dr Graham Etherington and Dr Tarang Mehta, Earlham Institue (EI) Genetic rewiring could have driven an evolutionary explosion in the shapes, sizes and adaptations...
Canadian researchers create new form of cultivated meat
Layered sheets of cells stack up to slabs of lab-made meatCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Jan. 19, 2021 -- McMaster researchers have developed a new...
General health checkups may detect early signs of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Masahisa Katsuno A research team led by Nagoya University in Japan has found that blood pressure, the hematocrit (the percentage of red blood cells...
Kessler Foundation studies effects of Tysabri on cognitive fatigue in multiple sclerosis
MS research team led by John DeLuca, PhD, will conduct study to assess effects of Tysabri on cognitive fatigue, a common symptom that can cause...
ALS study reveals a unique population
Scientists discover that ALS patients in Malta do not have flaws in major ALS genesCredit: Source: Jonathan Borg, Times of Malta Malta, a sovereign microstate...
New insights into wound healing process
For the first time, scientists watch fibroblasts, key cell type involved in wound healing, coordinate closure of damaged vascularized tissueCredit: Jeroen Eyckmans, Juliann B. Tefft...
Light-induced twisting of Weyl nodes switches on giant electron current
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and collaborators at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University...
Prenatal BPA exposure may contribute to the male bias of autism spectrum disorder
Credit: Surangrat Thongkorn et all A new study by researchers from Chulalongkorn University, Tohoku University, and The George Washington University is the first to identify...
Solar activity reconstructed over a millennium
Credit: ETH Zürich What goes on in the sun can only be observed indirectly. Sunspots, for instance, reveal the degree of solar activity - the...
