UBCO professor simplifies exercise advice for spinal cord injury
Researchers take the guesswork out of exercising effectivelyCredit: OI Canada A team of researchers has developed an online platform of tried and true resources to...
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Whether horseradish flea beetles deter predators depends on their food plant and their life stage
Larvae of these leaf beetles deploy plant defense compounds to fend off predators, whereas their pupae cannotCredit: Benjamin Fabian, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology...
Understanding mechanics and materials though evolution and biomaterials
Scientists will present research on the mechanical and physical properties of skeletal evolution, biomaterials, and aging at the APS March Meeting in DenverCredit: Shuhai Xiao...
Not a ‘math person’? You may be better at learning to code than you think
Credit: Justin Abernethy/U. of Washington Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice those communication skills instead. New research from the University...
The ‘Monday effect’ is real — and it’s impacting your amazon package delivery
Researchers find the 'Monday effect' -- that letdown of returning to work after a weekend -- along with other factors, hurts supply chain performance; this...
Life on Titan cannot rely on cell membranes, according to computational simulations
Credit: Johan Bodell7Chalmers Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have made a new contribution to the ongoing search into the possibility of life on...
How pest management strategies affect the bottom line
The economics of pest controlCredit: Ronald Stephenson A study out of Mississippi State University evaluated the impact insect pest management strategies have on the economic...
Unraveling turbulence
New insights into how fluids transform from order to disorderCredit: Video courtesy of Harvard SEAS Turbulence is everywhere -- it rattles our planes and makes...
Quarantine on cruise ship resulted in more Corona patients
Credit: Mattias Pettersson The cruise ship Diamond Princess was quarantined for over two weeks resulting in more coronavirus infected passengers than if they would have...
AJR: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) imaging features overlap with SARS and MERS
COVID-19's imaging features are variable and nonspecific, but the imaging findings reported thus far do show "significant overlap" with those of severe acute respiratory syndrome...
COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases
Credit: NIAID-RML WHAT: The emergence and rapid increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, pose complex...
Male-killing bacteria linked to butterfly color changes
Credit: Claude Martin Like many poisonous animals, the African monarch butterfly's orange, white and black pattern warns predators that it is toxic. Warning patterns like...
When should you eat to manage your weight? Breakfast, not late-night snacks
Credit: Kelly et al, 2020 The balance between weight gain and weight gain loss is predominantly determined by what you eat, how much you eat,...
Ultrafast probing reveals intricate dynamics of quantum coherence
Ultrafast, multidimensional spectroscopy unlocks macroscopic-scale effects of quantum electronic correlations.Credit: FLEET Ultrafast, multidimensional spectroscopy unlocks macroscopic-scale effects of quantum electronic correlations. Researchers found that low-energy...
Male-killing bugs hold key to butterflies’ curious color changes
It is a spectacular butterfly breed with an intriguing back story ... now scientists have revealed how male-killing bacteria are helping to create a dazzling...
