Swim first, hunt later: Young Weddell seals need to practice navigating before hunting
Young Antarctic Weddell seals, unlike most other seals, swim with their mother, and they prioritize learning to swim and navigate over learning to forage while...
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A promising new target for urinary tract infections and kidney stones
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that the secretion of uromodulin protein into urine can be induced by treatments that may protect...
RUDN University biologists develop a rapid test for detecting the fire blight in plants
RUDN University biotechnologists have created a method for detection of bacterial infection in apple, pear, hawthorn and other plants of the Rosaceae family. The test...
First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with ‘considerable care’
In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic - the Black Death - which killed between 40 and 60 per cent of...
Testicular cancer: Improved treatment and prognosis
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among men under 40 in Europe and the USA. National statistics from the Cancer League indicate 471 new...
RUDN University medics detect alterations in amino acid profiles in children with ADHD
RUDN University doctors found alterations in serum amino acid profile in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The findings will help to understand the...
CSIC scientists propose a new strategy to regulate the cells communication network
The new tool, designed at the IQAC-CSIC, can help to understand the origin of some diseases and the development of new drugs A study performed...
Novel chirped pulses defy ‘conventional wisdom’
University of Rochester researchers describe first highly chirped pulses created by a using a spectral filter in a Kerr resonator The 2018 Nobel Prize in...
New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan
Cryptaphelenchus abietis, a new nematode species isolated from bark beetles that emerged from a dead log in Nagano, Japan, may become a useful lab species...
Scientists achieve ultra-fast optical orbiting of nanoparticles at subdiffraction scale
Is it possible to drive nanoparticles to orbit below the light diffraction limit using a Gaussian beam? A recent joint research project reported in Nature...
Parrot talk
During flock encounters, a single vocal interaction seems to be sufficient for making the decision of whether to recruit an individual or flock. Parrots are...
Hybrid membrane doubles the lifetime of rechargeable batteries
Chemists from the University of Jena prevent dendrite formation in lithium metal batteries The energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries is approaching a saturation point...
Engineered NK cells can eliminate glioblastoma stem cells
Deleting the TFG-β receptor in NK cells overcame immune suppression and enabled anti-tumor activity in preclinical models HOUSTON ? Preclinical research from The University of...
Detoxifiers from the landfill
Chemical contamination The production of chemicals is a cumbersome business. Often, only a small part of what is actually wanted is produced in the factory....
The absorption of an individual electrons captured on film
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have observed the absorption of a single electron by a levitated droplet with such a magnification that it is...