A new technique for structural color, inspired by birds
Credit: (Image courtesy of Henning Galinski) A peacock's bright teal and brilliant blue feathers are not the result of pigments but rather nanoscale networks that...
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What’s up with Madagascar?
Credit: Rando Trek VTT Madagascar, the big island off the east coast of Africa with the lemurs and baobabs, is thought to be sitting in...
Modern hunter-gatherers show value of exercise
Credit: Photo: Brian Wood In a remote area of north-central Tanzania, men leave their huts on foot, armed with bows and poison-tipped arrows, to hunt...
Young toddlers can tell when others hold false beliefs, study finds
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A new study finds that, under the right conditions, 2 1/2-year-old children can answer questions about people acting on false...
Largest resource of human protein-protein interactions can help interpret genomic data
An international research team has developed the largest database of protein-to-protein interaction networks, a resource that can illuminate how numerous disease-associated genes contribute to disease..
Smart patch releases blood thinners as needed
Credit: Yuqi Zhang An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a smart patch designed to monitor a patient's blood and release blood-thinning drugs as needed...
Gene discovered to cause rare, severe neurological disease
Credit: Peter McPherson Lab, Montreal Neurological Institute Researchers have linked a debilitating neurological disease in children to mutations in a gene that regulates neuronal development...
Wound irrigation tools improvised in the wilderness are effective
Credit: Susanne J. Spano Philadelphia, PA, November 28, 2016 - Wounds are a very common injury and irrigation is crucial for preventing infection. Wound irrigation...
Toxic ‘marine snow’ can sink quickly, persist at ocean depths
Credit: Astrid Schnetzer In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a specific neurotoxin can persist and accumulate in "marine snow"...
It’s all in the eyes: Women and men really do see things differently
Women and men look at faces and absorb visual information in different ways, which suggests there is a gender difference in understanding visual cues, according...
Timing the shadow of a potentially habitable extrasolar planet
Credit: NAOJ A group of researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the University of Tokyo, and the Astrobiology Center among others has...
Hydrogen in your pocket? New plastic for carrying and storing hydrogen
Credit: Waseda University A Waseda University (Tokyo) research group has developed a polymer which can store hydrogen in a light, compact and flexible sheet, and...
UT Austin engineers develop first-ever capsule to treat hemophilia
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering In the near future, hemophiliacs could be able to treat their disease by simply swallowing a capsule. Thanks to a...
Pitt researchers awarded $1.7 million NIH grant to ‘sniff out’ treatment for lung disease
Credit: Tim Corcoran PITTSBURGH (November 28, 2016) ... Cystic Fibrosis (CF) causes the accumulation of dehydrated mucus in the lungs which can lead to chronic...
Penn study: Preventative antibiotics could prevent C. diff in transplant patients
PHILADELPHIA - It may be possible to safely prevent one of the most common - and costly to treat - infections contracted by hospitalized patients...