Smarter foragers do not forage smarter
Primates, including humans, have larger brains than most other mammals, but why? Scientists searching for the answer have long followed a trail pointing to diet—specifically...
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Intermittent fasting shows promise in improving gut health, weight management
A new study by researchers from Arizona State University and their colleagues highlights a dietary strategy for significant health improvement and weight management.Credit: The Biodesign...
INSEAD Professor Alexandra Roulet awarded 2024 Best Young French Economist by the Cercle des économistes and Le Monde
INSEAD, The Business School for the World, announced today that Professor Alexandra Roulet has been named the 2024 Best Young French Economist by the Cercle...
Turning carbon dioxide into useful chemicals
Harnessing the power of the sun to convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals is the goal of a new junior research group at the University...
Researchers to investigate how the Dalmatian got its spots
Lancaster University and the University of Bath have been awarded almost half a million pounds from The Leverhulme Trust to perform research into the coat...
Bringing back an ancient bird
Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, Harvard biologists have sequenced the genome of an extinct, flightless bird called the...
Texas A&M-led team creates first global map of seafloor biodiversity activity
A pioneering study has used extensive global datasets and machine learning to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, including worms, clams and shrimps, across...
The importance of integrated therapies on cancer: Silibinin, an old and new molecule
“This consideration could be the starting point to study whether Silibinin could contrast tumor progression, aging and inflammaging through molecular and cellular mechanisms .”Credit: 2024...
Salty soil sensitizes plants to an unconventional mode of bacterial toxicity
Climate change, and specifically rising temperatures, will place a great strain on plant growth and will almost certainly impact plant production. One obvious consequence of...
Researchers have located the brain network responsible for stuttering
An international research group led by researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland has succeeded in identifying the probable origin...
Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first time
A team of scientists from the USA and UK has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, such as worms,...
Synthesis, disorder and Ising anisotropy in a new spin liquid candidate PrMgAl11O19
A spin liquid is a special state of matter that arises in certain magnetic materials at very low temperatures. Despite its name, it doesn't have...
Realization of integration of microanalysis chips
A research group supervised by Assistant Professor Shunya Okamoto of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, and another supervised by Associate Professor...
New AI tool developed for advanced animal behavior analysis
Animal behavior analysis is a fundamental tool in various studies, ranging from basic neuroscience research to understanding the causes and treatments of diseases. It is...
Harnessing green energy from plants depends on their circadian rhythms
WASHINGTON, May 28, 2024 —When plants draw water from their roots to nourish their stems and leaves, they produce an electric potential that could be...
