Plants smell differently when they are eaten by exotic herbivores
Credit: (photo: Nicole Van Dam) When they are attacked by herbivores, many plants call in reinforcements. To this end, they ...
A lure at both ends — puff adders leave nothing to chance
Credit: Wits University The Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) is one of Africa's deadliest snake species, not only due to its ...
Revolutionary approach for treating glioblastoma works with human cells
Loading video... Credit: Carol Perry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy In a rapid-fire series of breakthroughs in just under a ...
Neutrons identify critical details in bacterial enzyme implicated in gastric cancer
Credit: ORNL Neutron analysis at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping researchers better understand a key ...
Yale scientists identify key defect in brain tumor cells
New Haven, Conn.-- In a new study, Yale researchers identified a novel genetic defect that prevents brain tumor cells from ...
Sperm changes documented years after chemotherapy
PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University researcher has documented epigenetic changes in the sperm of men who underwent chemotherapy ...
Mayo Clinic tests vaccine to provide immune response against early breast lesion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Only about 35 percent of precancerous breast lesions morph into cancer if untreated, but physicians cannot identify ...
TSRI scientists show deep brain stimulation blocks heroin relapse in rats
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA -- Feb. 1, 2017 -- Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...
Advanced robotic bat’s flight characteristics simulates the real thing
Credit: Carla Schaffer / AAAS Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivaled agility and ...
A head joint found in deep-sea fishes may enable them to swallow large prey
Credit: Nalani Schnell, MNHN Some deep-sea fishes have a head joint that may enable them to open their mouths wide ...
Dolphins following shrimp trawlers cluster in social groups
Credit: Carolyn Kovacs Bottlenose dolphins near Savannah, Georgia are split into social groups according to whether or not they forage ...
Complex bacterium writes new evolutionary story
Credit: Image: courtesy Professor John Fuerst A University of Queensland-led international study has discovered a new type of bacterial structure ...
First functional fish head joint discovered in deep-sea dragonfishes in museum collections
Loading video... Credit: Nalani Schnell, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Scientists with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the ...
Researchers highlight alarming link between feral pigs and vampire bats
Credit: Alexine Keuroghlian The number of vampire bats, which transmit rabies and are a concern for livestock breeders, may be ...
First ever blueprint unveiled to construct a large scale quantum computer
Loading video... Credit: University of Sussex An international team, led by a scientist from the University of Sussex, have today ...
ORNL researchers break data transfer efficiency record
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2017 -- Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have ...
Lower incidence of esophagitis in elderly NSCLC patients undergoing definitive radiation
DENVER - Elderly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing definitive radiation have a lower incidence of esophagitis compared to ...
The shape of melting in two dimensions
Credit: Joshua A. Anderson and James Antonaglia, University of Michigan Snow falls in winter and melts in spring, but what ...
UCLA physicists map the atomic structure of an alloy
Credit: Courtesy of Colin Ophus and Florian Nickel In the world of the very tiny, perfection is rare: virtually all ...
Older adults who take many medications have a higher risk for becoming frail
Credit: (C) 2017, The Health in Aging Foundation As we age, we tend to develop a number of chronic health ...
