Ants use sun and memories to guide their backwards walk home
Credit: Ajay Narendra They are famed for their highly developed work ethic … now a study shows ants' navigational skills are more sophisticated than was...
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More than just hippos and crocs: The hidden biodiversity of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Credit: Lynette Clennell iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the sub-tropical north-eastern corner of South Africa has become famous for its birdlife,...
Scientists predict cell changes that affect breast cancer growth
JUPITER, FL – April 28, 2016 – Designing effective new drugs, especially drugs to fight cancer, demands that you know as much as you can...
Dual role of fruit fly protein in connecting chromosome copies
Credit: Tomoko Nishiyama Nagoya, Japan – A sister chromatid is one half of an identical pair of chromatids formed by the replication of a single...
Storing mine waste — safety is no accident UN finds
Credit: Cartographer: Kristina Thygesen A United Nations report just launched says mining companies can simply reduce environmental destruction and death by changing the way they...
Citizen scientists to help researchers gauge Susquehanna water quality
Credit: US Geological Survey Using a network of up to 60 citizen scientists, a team of Penn State researchers will assess the levels of endocrine-disrupting...
Toxic peptides disrupt membrane-less organelles in neurodegenerative disease
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peipei Zhang Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered the way toxic proteins linked to the...
Biosensors will be inexpensive, do more, go everywhere
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services When it comes to biometric sensors, human skin isn't an ally. It's an obstacle. The University of Cincinnati is...
Paleontologists solve pterosaur pelvis puzzle
Credit: Courtesy Greg Funston Following a discovery in 2015 in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, Greg Funston puzzled for two years over a mysterious bone trying...
Neural stem cells steered by electric fields in rat brain
Credit: Junfeng Feng Electric fields can be used to guide neural stem cells transplanted into the brain towards a specific location. The research, published July...
Researchers make flexible glass for tiny medical devices
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo Brigham Young University researchers have developed new glass technology that could add a new level of flexibility to the microscopic world...
Ten million tons of fish wasted every year despite declining fish…
Credit: UBC Public Affairs Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every year, according to new research....
Crapemyrtle pest to be targeted by $3.3 million grant to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION — The most popular flowering shrub in the U.S. has a new ally...
Lunatic fringe gene plays key role in the renewable brain
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The discovery that the brain can generate new cells – about 700 new neurons each day – has triggered investigations...
New evidence for California Condors’ genetic bottleneck
Credit: J. D'Elia The existing genetic diversity of California Condors, all of which are descended from just 14 individuals, is strikingly low. But were condors...
