Galapagos guides to ‘barcode’ wildlife
Credit: Carolina Proano Galapagos tourist guides are being retrained to catalogue the islands' famous biodiversity. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many eco-tourism workers unemployed, and...
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To recreate ancient recipes, check out the vestiges of clay pots
Archaeologists find that unglazed ceramic cookware absorbs the chemical residue of present and past mealsCredit: Photo courtesy of Melanie Miller If you happen to dig...
How plants ensure regular seed spacing
Plant research: publication in Current BiologyCredit: HHU / Nozomi Kawamoto If you open up a pea pod, you will find that all of the peas...
Researchers find cuttlebone’s microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’
Credit: Peter Means for Virginia Tech Ling Li has a lesson in one of his mechanical engineering courses on how brittle materials like calcium carbonate...
Halving the risk of infection following surgery
Credit: deborabalves (Pixabay) Surgeons could dramatically reduce the risk of infection after an operation by simply changing the antiseptic they use. New analysis by the...
Antibody test developed for COVID-19 that is sensitive, specific and scalable
Credit: University of Texas at Austin An antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin...
Harvard team uses laser to cool polyatomic molecule
Harvard researchers become first to cool polyatomic molecule using lightCredit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer After firing the lasers and bombarding the molecules with light, the...
Solutions to big problems: they’re in the (soft matter) solution
Credit: Virginia Tech For most people, a coffee stain may go unnoticed, an everyday accident. In the world of physics, though, learning more about why...
Shedding light on coral reefs
New research quantifies light availability on coral reef ecosystemsCredit: Eric Hochberg Earlier this year, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) senior scientist and coral reef...
First assessment of naturalized, invasive and potentially invasive plan
The research suggests that a range of invasive alien plants pose a series risk to the County - home to the second-highest number of endangered...
Feeding off fusion or the immortalization of tumor cells
Credit: ©Knoblich lab/IMBA Worldwide, cancer is the second leading cause of death - in 2018 alone, it claimed approximately 9.6 million lives, or one in...
Heated rivalries for pollinators among arctic plants
Insect pollination is as important to Arctic plants as it is to plants further south. When flowers abound, the plants have to compete for pollinators....
Texas Heart Institute to develop first implantable heart pump for infants and children
NHLBI grant to fund Texas Heart Institute's pediatric heart failure researchCredit: © Copyright Texas Heart Institute Texas Heart Institute (THI) was awarded a prestigious four-year...
Massive-scale genomic study reveals wheat diversity for crop improvement
A team of scientists has completed one of the largest genetic analysis ever done of any agricultural crop to find desirable traits in wheat's extensive...
Uncovering the science of Indigenous fermentation
Credit: University of Adelaide AWRI Australian wine scientists are shedding scientific light on the processes underlying traditional practices of Australian Aboriginal people to produce fermented...