Puzzle-solving behavior spreads through bumblebee colonies
Bumblebees learn to solve a puzzle by watching more experienced bees, and this behavioral preference then spreads through the colony, according to a study publishing...
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Cited1 links sex and metabolic hormones to protect against obesity
Sex differences exist in the regulation of energy homeostasis, the organism’s mechanism to keep a stable body weight. Current studies indicate for instance that female...
Hollow bones that let dinosaurs become giants evolved at least three times independently
Dinosaurs as big as buses or five-story buildings would not be possible if their bones were dense and heavy like ours. Like present-day birds, dinosaurs...
Drinking, drug use and driving increased in West Virginia during COVID-19, WVU study finds
One West Virginia trauma center saw an uptick in alcohol and drug use by patients treated for motor vehicle collision injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Heart toggles between maintenance and energy-boost mode using ribosomes
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered a mechanism involving ribosomes which helps the heart toggle between a ‘regular maintenance...
Heart tissue heads to space to aid research on aging and impact of long spaceflights
Note: Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers Deok-Ho Kim and Devin Mair will participate in a NASA teleconference for journalists on Tuesday, March 14, at 11 a.m....
First visible-light induced simultaneous cleavage of C-C and C-N bonds with silver-modified polyoxometalate photocatalyst, researchers report
Cracking carbon bonds is a notoriously difficult problem, but it may hold the key to generating greener, more sustainable chemicals. A Chinese research team achieved...
New BGI fluorescent RT-PCR Kit approved for COVID-19, Influenza A & B detection in Australia
On March 2, BGI’s Multiplex Real-time Fluorescent RT-PCR Kit for Detecting SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A Virus and Influenza B Virus obtained market access qualification to enter the Australian Register...
Pediatric investigation article details the effect of paternal influences on the health of offspring
Over the past decade, new evidence has spurred the concept of paternal origins of health and disease. Paternal factors encompassing the exposure to toxins and...
Electric vehicle batteries could get big boost with new polymer coating
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating – called HOS-PFM – that could enable longer lasting, more powerful...
Researchers identify key protein that promotes DNA repair and prevent cancer
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a key factor involved in the DNA damage response (DDR), homologous recombination (HR) and DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL)...
Ratiometric fluorescence sensing system provides smarter and faster screening of carbendazim residues
Recently, the research team led by Prof. JIANG Changlong from Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy...
Designable timbre is realized by a meta-silencer
Publishing in the journal International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, the team led by researchers based at the Institute of Acoustics of Tongji University presents a meta-silencer...
Pusan National University researchers uncover causes for increased compound droughts & heatwaves in East Asia
With global warming on the rise, the severity and frequency of extreme weather events are also rising dramatically; this includes an increase in the number...
Novel porous materials are ideal for metal-air batteries, researchers report
Sustainable energy solutions cannot be pulled out of thin air. However, combining air with metal and other frameworks may pave the way for environmentally friendly...
