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Genetic changes in threespine stickleback fish driven by seasonal shifts could help scientist predict how certain species will adapt to new environmentsCredit: Rowan Barrett Climate...

Organic, printable device could restore sight to the blind

'Artificial retina' created using a biomedical printing pressCredit: University of Sydney A researcher at the University of Sydney is developing a printable device that acts...

New cellular atlas maps out healthy and cancerous breast tissue

Credit: WEHI, Australia Australian researchers have documented the diversity of cells in the human breast, explaining the relationship between healthy breast cells and breast cancer...

Herbivores developed powerful jaws to digest tougher plants after the mass extinctions

Credit: James Ormiston Researchers at the University of Bristol found that plant eaters diversified quickly after mass extinctions to eat different kinds of plants, and...

How moths find their flame – genetics of mate attraction discovered

Biologists have discovered the gene controlling the mating preference of male European corn borer moths for the female sex pheromoneCredit: Callie Musto, Charles Linn The...

Above the noise

Researchers at Osaka University use deep learning to reduce noise in the electrical current data collected from nanopores, which may lead to higher precision measurements...

Two-in-one: Wide-angle monitoring meets high-resolution capture in new camera platform

Researchers construct a dual hybrid camera system enabling a 360-degree monitoring for target detection and its capture in high resolutionCredit: Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan...

Force-sensing PIEZO proteins are at work in plants, too

Proteins that enable the sense of touch in humans have an evolutionary cousin that helps plants grow their root systemsCredit: Seyed Ali Reza Mousavi, PhD...

Study of nitinol deformations to enrich understanding of materials with targeted properties

A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in International Journal of Solids and StructuresCredit: Kazan Federal University The work was sponsored by Russian Science Foundation;...

OU researcher receives 2021 NSF CAREER Award

Grant will help fund program for students who are members of the Kiowa, Wichita tribesCredit: Travis Caperton, OU Photographer NORMAN, OKLA. - University of Oklahoma...

The first frost is the deepest

Credit: John Innes Centre The first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it is a profound event in...

Tests of bitumen pave way to rational approaches in road building

A research conducted by Kazan Federal University was published in Scientific ReportsCredit: Kazan Federal University First co-author, Junior Research Associate of the Rheological and Thermochemical...

A Z-RNA nanoswitch encoded by “junk DNA” turns-off immune responses against self

Left-hand RNA and self-recognitionCredit: Alan Herbert In a paper published in the May 13th, 2021 issue of PLOS Genetics, a Z-RNA nanoswitch that regulates interferon...

To prevent next pandemic, scientists say we must regulate air like food and water

Credit: Martin Visser, Unsplash Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe inside buildings is not regulated...

Ventilation in buildings: where water sanitation was in the 1800s