Journal of Parkinson’s Disease awards 2022 Parkinson Prize
Amsterdam, December 16 2022 – The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease and its publisher IOS Press are proud to announce the two articles that have won...
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Archaeologists awarded NSF grant to survey Florida cultural heritage sites damaged by Hurricane Ian
The National Science Foundation has awarded emergency funding to archaeologists at three institutions to survey cultural heritage sites damaged by Hurricane Ian earlier this year....
Twin brothers of spotted hyenas are often attracted to the same new group when they disperse from their birth group
Press Release // Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) Berlin, Germany, December 19, 2022Credit: Hoener OP/Leibniz-IZW Press Release // Leibniz Institute for Zoo...
Male genitalia as an anti-predator defense
Predation can lead to the evolution of defensive devices in prey animals. Genitalia, which are used for mating between males and females, have rarely been...
Male wasps use genitalia to sting their predators
Female bees and wasps use modified ovipositors, formerly used in egg laying, to sting their attackers, including people. Now, a study in Current Biology on...
The Donnan Potential, revealed at last
– Stephen OrnesCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab – Stephen Ornes The Donnan electric potential arises from an imbalance of charges at the interface of a charged...
Fossil CSI: Analysis of giant extinct marine reptile graveyard suggests mysterious site was ancient birthing grounds
Today’s marine giants—such as blue and humpback whales—routinely make massive migrations across the ocean to breed and give birth in waters where predators are scarce,...
Casting light on, and through, your eyelids
Osaka, Japan – Can’t sleep when your partner is on his or her smartphone? This may not be oversensitivity on your part; your eyelids probably...
Making a bad thing worse: “Belief in just deserts” regarding COVID-19 infection
Osaka, Japan – perceptions of the causes of illness vary widely across the global population. But now, researchers from Japan have found new information about...
Education boosts entrepreneurship in high growth industries
AMES, IA – A new study from Iowa State indicates more education increases entrepreneurship in the U.S., especially for women.Credit: Graphic by Deb Berger/Iowa State...
Stresses and hydrodynamics — Scientists uncover new organizing principles of the genome
A team of scientists has uncovered the physical principles—a series of forces and hydrodynamic flows—that help ensure the proper functioning of life’s blueprint. Its discovery...
Using machine learning to better understand how water behaves
Water has puzzled scientists for decades. For the last 30 years or so, they have theorized that when cooled down to a very low temperature...
Atomic structure of a staphylococcal bacteriophage using cryo-electron microscopy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cryo-electron microscopy by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus with unprecedented detail. This is...
Study examines bacteria living in and on mosquitoes
Avoiding mosquitoes to protect against bites is always a good idea. But a new North Carolina State University study shows that the bacteria-ridden exteriors of...
Underground Italian lab searches for signals of quantum gravity
For decades physicists have been hunting for a quantum-gravity model that would unify quantum physics, the laws that govern the very small, and gravity. One...
