Do spiders have a favorite color?
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services Scientists recently discovered the aptly named peacock jumping spiders have the color vision needed to appreciate the male's gaudy...
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Flies meet gruesome end under influence of puppeteer fungus
Credit: Carolyn Elya photo, UC Berkeley Carolyn Elya discovered the puppet-master on the balcony of her Berkeley apartment. It was a fungus that infects fruit...
ARRS webinar: Tumor imaging, management with 68Ga DOTATATE PET/CT, 177Lu DOTATATE therapy
Leesburg, VA, July 25, 2018 -- Examining the normal distribution, pitfalls, mimics, and imaging characteristics of various tumors using 68Ga DOTATATE PET/CT and the principles...
Announcing the BioOne Ambassador award winners
WASHINGTON, DC - July 31, 2018 : BioOne honors five early career authors in three countries, who best communicate their specialized research beyond their immediate...
Fruit flies farm their own probiotics
Credit: Inês Pais and Rita Valente The role of bacteria inhabiting our bodies is increasingly recognized as part of our wellbeing. It is in our...
Can seagrass help fight ocean acidification?
Credit: Photographer: Claire Fackler, CINMS, NOAA. Washington, DC--Seagrass meadows could play a limited, localized role in alleviating ocean acidification in coastal ecosystems, according to new...
Raging fires in California creating havoc for the state
Credit: NASA image courtesy NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) project. Caption: Lynn Jenner with information from CAL fire and...
Small amounts of pharmaceuticals found in north central Pa. rural well water
Credit: Heather Gall Research Group / Penn State Drinking water from wells in rural north central Pennsylvania had low levels of pharmaceuticals, according to a...
Creating a (synthetic) song from a zebra finch’s muscle
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2018 -- Birds create songs by moving muscles in their vocal organs to vibrate air passing through their tissues. While previous...
Chinese researchers further develop adenine base editing system
Two research teams from East China Normal University and Sun Yat-Sen University in China have developed and improved the ABE system in mouse and rat...
Single-cell RNA profiling
The human body is made up of on the order of 13 billion cells - and each of them has a distinct molecular profile. Even...
Platinum is key in ancient volcanic related climate change, says UC Nature publication
Credit: Kenneth Tankersley Supervolcanoes are one of Mother Nature's deadliest phenomena, and when they erupt, they can change the climate of the entire planet. To...
Predatory sea corals team up to feed on stinging jellyfish
Credit: Fabio Badalementi Cave-dwelling corals in the Mediterranean can work alongside one another to catch and eat stinging jellyfish, a study reveals. Scientists have shown...
River complexity maintains regional population stability
An international group of researchers has demonstrated that branching complexity of rivers affects regional population stability and persistence in nature, contrary to current theories which...
San Francisco’s Exploratorium partners with NOAA for Ocean Discovery Month
Credit: © Exploratorium, www.exploratorium.edu SAN FRANCISCO (July 31, 2018) - In advance of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, the Exploratorium is hosting...
