Dexterous herring gulls learn new tricks to adapt their feeding habits
Credit: Tim Blackburn Observations of Herring Gulls by scientists from the University of Southampton have shown how the coastal birds have developed complicated behaviour to...
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Innovative mechanobiology research expands understanding of cells
New technology allows researchers to probe cell changes without disturbing the cell's physiologyCredit: Cell Reports Researchers have developed a new technology that allows them to...
Patient registries could help control spread of antibiotic bacteria
Even with modest participation rates, a computer simulation found that health care facilities using a patient registry could yield regionwide reductions A new study led...
Detection of unusual hybrid schistosomes in Malawi
LSTM's Professor Russell Stothard is senior author on a new paper in which researchers from the UK and Malawi have described the unusual occurrence of...
Study questions current regulations on light pollution and calls for paradigm shift
Credit: UGR An international study involving researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), Spain, and the University of Krakow (Poland) has found that Spain's current...
‘Fire streaks’ ever more real in the collisions of atomic nuclei and protons
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN, Dual Color Collisions of lead nuclei take place under extreme physical conditions. Their course can be described using a model which...
The bird that came back from the dead
Credit: Charles J Sharp New research has shown that the last surviving flightless species of bird, a type of rail, in the Indian Ocean had...
PSU researchers helping develop HIV prevention app for transgender women
Credit: Courtesy of Bob Smolenski Two Portland State University researchers have received federal funding to help develop a mobile app aimed at reducing HIV among...
Recipients of Gruber Foundation 2019 Cosmology Prize announced
Nicholas Kaiser and Joseph Ivor Silk are honoured for their seminal work on cosmological structure formation and dark matterCredit: Gruber Foundation The recipients of this...
Birds outside their comfort zone are more vulnerable to deforestation
Credit: José Carlos Morante-Filho Members of the same bird species can have dramatically different responses to deforestation depending on where they live, finds a new...
What do parents of children with cancer search for online?
CHOP researcher: Knowledge of Google search content could inform family education and supportCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia When a child has cancer, what kind of...
Marcus regime in organic devices: Interfacial charge transfer mechanism verified
Credit: Frank Ortmann Charge transfer processes play a fundamental role in all electronic and optoelectronic devices. For devices based on organic thin-film technology, these include...
Wild red deer contribute to the preservation of open landscapes
Research from Göttingen points to wildlife grazing as an approach for nature conservation managementCredit: Marcus Meißner Similar to farm animals such as cattle or sheep,...
Location is everything for plant cell differentiation
Researchers from Osaka University find that the location of proteins within a cell as well as the position of the cell itself are important for...
Researchers create ‘force field’ for super materials
Researchers have developed a revolutionary method to intricately grow and protect some of the world's most exciting nanomaterials - graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNT). When...
