Body language key to zoo animal welfare
Credit: Paul Rose Watching the behaviour and body language of zoo animals could be the key to understanding and improving their welfare, new research suggests....
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Epitaxially-grown molybdenum oxide advances as a bulk-like 2D dielectric layer
Credit: JongHoon Kim Since the successful isolation of graphene from bulk graphite, remarkable properties of graphene have attracted many scientists to the brand-new research field...
Plants might be helping each other more than thought
Credit: Scientific illustration created by Dr I M Berenjeno (DhramaBeren Studio, www.dharmaberen.com) Contrary to the long-held belief that plants in the natural world are always...
A study warns about the ecological impact caused by sediment accumulation in river courses
Water ecosystems with high nitrate concentrationCredit: Rubén Ladrera (University of La Rioja, Spain) Insects, crustaceans and other water macroinvertebrates are more affected by the effect...
TU Graz researchers develop new 3D printing for the direct production of nanostructures
Credit: © Harald Plank, Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis at TU Graz In the nanometer range, complex, free-standing 3D architectures are very difficult to...
Forget the Chardonay, pass me the grape stems! Anti-tumor activity in prostate cancer cells
Credit: Hidefumi Makabe & Hiroshi Fujii, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University, Japan Grape stems are discarded en masse during the production of wine. We...
American Pediatric Society honors Dr. Kathryn M. Edwards with 2020 APS John Howland Award
Credit: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, as the 2020 APS John Howland...
Study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and EBD in kids
KKH study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and emotional, behavioural difficulties in childrenCredit: KK Women's and Children's Hospital Singapore, 12 November 2019...
The environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines
UNM team assesses monetary price of health and air quality impactsCredit: University of New Mexico Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero - the names of digital-based...
Elucidation of cause of electromagnetic noise allows for EM noise-less electric circuits
Researchers from Osaka University developed equations for quantifying electromagnetic interference (EM noise) and elucidated its origin, allowing for the best circuit configuration to reduce EM...
AI to determine when to intervene with your driving
Credit: KAIST Can your AI agent judge when to talk to you while you are driving? According to a KAIST research team, their in-vehicle conservation...
Stretchable, degradable semiconductors
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00850 To seamlessly integrate electronics with the natural world, materials are needed that are both stretchable and...
Driver found for more deadly prostate cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 13, 2019) - A transcription factor that aids neuron function also appears to enable a...
Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts
Credit: Sune Levin and Nature Communications Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in mapping catalytic reactions...
Opioid-based plant might not be best solution to curb habitual alcohol use
Scientists take closer look at use of 'drug of concern' kratomCredit: Purdue University/Richard van Rijn WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Lawmakers across the United States continue...
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