World-first research sheds light on the origin of the baleen whale
Credit: Ben Healley Monash University scientists have played a key role in discovering the origin of filter feeding in baleen whales -- the largest animal...
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Walking a tight line to study the properties of soft materials
Credit: Inoue D. et al., Nature Communications, October 3, 2016 The researchers employed a concept that is a part of the transportation network in cells....
Military environment
Credit: Jeffrey Chase/University of Delaware Military installations in the United States are home to a surprisingly large number of threatened and endangered species, leaving the...
Synchronized swimming: How startled fish shoals effectively evade danger
Credit: Amanda Chicoli/University of Maryland Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2016 -- As panic spreads, an entire shoal (collective) of fish responds to an incoming threat...
Prominent geophysicist Marcia McNutt named 30th DRI Nevada Medalist
RENO, Nev. (Nov. 30, 2016) - The Desert Research Institute (DRI) proudly announces the selection of Dr. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of...
Inflammatory complications of immunodeficiency disease may benefit from imaging technique
Credit: (c) S.Jolles, University Hospital of Wales A new proof of concept study has shown that an imaging technique more commonly used to assess cancer...
Sedentary lifestyle may impair academic performance in boys
Credit: Eero Haapala A sedentary lifestyle is linked to poorer reading skills in the first three school years in 6-8 year old boys, according to...
Tailor-made membranes for the environment
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich In technical systems, membranes can be used to separate gases - in a manner that is more efficient and cost-effective than with...
Springer launches new journal Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics
Credit: Springer Starting in 2017, Springer will publish the journal Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics (RMPP), the official journal of the Division of Plasma Physics...
New technology of ultrahigh density optical storage researched at Kazan University
According to current estimates, dozens of zettabytes of information will need to be placed somewhere by 2020. New physical principles must be found, the ones...
Better than milk on breakfast cereals: New precision coating method for industrial granular material
As anyone who eats their cereal with milk in the morning knows: coating large volumes of granular material homogeneously is no mean feat. In a...
Breaking good: School students make costly drug cheaply using open source approach
Credit: University of Sydney Sydney Grammar students, under the supervision of the University of Sydney and global members of the Open Source Malaria consortium, have...
Agreement signed between Kumamoto University, Japan and the Institut Pasteur, France
Credit: Dr. Naomi Nakagata The Institute of Resource Development and Analysis (IRDA) of Kumamoto University, Japan held a signing ceremony for an agreement on institutional...
Just keep going
Credit: Wits University When one thinks about chronic conditions that are commonly painful, HIV doesn't typically spring to mind. However, more than 50% of HIV-positive...
Does investment in sustainable farming pay off?
Exploring the nascent field of sustainable farmland investment, a new report from the Yale Center for Business and the Environment found that innovative investment strategies...
