How do corals make the most of their symbiotic algae?
New work indicates how sea anemones control the size of their algal populations that reside within their tissueCredit: Photograph is courtesy of Tingting Xiang Stanford,...
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Towards sustainability — from a by-product of the biodiesel industry to a valuable chemical
Credit: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Tokyo Tech Although governments, academia, and organizations all around the world have been emphasizing the crisis concerning the use of...
NUS scientists create world’s first monolayer amorphous film
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have synthesised the world's first one-atom-thick amorphous material. Previously thought to be...
Planet WASP-12b is on a death spiral, say Princeton scientists
A Princeton-led team of astrophysicists has shown that this exoplanet is spiraling in toward its host star, heading toward certain destruction in about 3 million...
APS Tip Sheet: Improving quantum information processing
A new protocol compares the closeness of quantum states in information sent from different devicesCredit: Credit: APS Journals January 6, 2020 - Scientists use basic...
APS Tip Sheet: Trudging until take-off
Allowing slower airplane passengers to board first decreases total boarding timeCredit: Credit: APS Journals December 27, 2019 - With packed flights during the holiday season,...
APS tip sheet: Spaghetti’s impastable behavior
How noodles' mechanical properties control the way they softenCredit: APS Journals January 2, 2020 - Boiling water turns spaghetti from brittle, inedible rods to soft,...
100 million years in amber: Researchers discover oldest fossilized slime mold
Team from Göttingen, Helsinki and New York gets new insights into the evolution of myxomycetesCredit: Alexander Schmidt, University of Göttingen and Scientific Reports Most people...
Virus surfaces help MTU engineers study vaccine and gene therapy applications
Credit: Jess Brassard/Michigan Tech Viruses are not easy to characterize. But we need to because being able to quickly predict the surface charge of viruses...
Fish switch: Identity of mystery invader in Florida waters corrected after 20 years
Credit: Ryan Crutchfield/FishMap.org GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sometimes scientists make mistakes. Case in point is the chanchita, a South American freshwater fish that has been swimming...
Are some antidepressants less risky for pregnant women?
A research team at INRS studies the effects of antidepressants on the placentaCredit: Cathy Vaillancourt laboratory (INRS) Montreal, January 8 2020 -- About one in...
Scientists improve yield predictions based on seedling data
Credit: Photo by Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - A doctor diagnosing a 50-year-old patient based on a blood test taken during the patient's infancy...
Dr. Pilkar to develop tool for assessing muscle response to neuromuscular stimulation
Credit: Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks East Hanover, N.J., January 8, 2020. Rakesh Pilkar, PhD, research scientist in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at...
Relation between physical violence and not having adequate check-ups during pregnancy
Credit: (photo credit: Kenny Rivas, Flickr). Women who fail to have adequate check-ups during pregnancy are more likely to be suffering physical violence at the...
Airway Therapeutics nets $15.5M to advance treatment of serious respiratory diseases
Initiating bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) clinical trial in very preterm infants in 2020Credit: Airway Therapeutics Initiating bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) clinical trial in very preterm infants in...
