Captivating blue-colored ant discovered in India’s remote Siang Valley
Nothing like the common red, black, or brown ants, a stunning blue ant has been discovered from Yingku village in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. This...
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Food, not sex, drove the evolution of giraffes’ long neck, new study finds
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Why do giraffes have such long necks? A study led by Penn State biologists explores how this trait might have evolved...
Suissa study has high hopes for plant-ant partnerships
Collaborations across research disciplines can lead to unexpected breakthroughs and discoveries. Collaborations across species lead to unexpected evolutionary paths of mutual benefit.Credit: University of Tennessee,...
LJI scientists develop new method to match genes to their molecular ‘switches’
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have developed a new computational method for linking molecular marks on our DNA to gene...
Kessler Foundation scientist Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, receives Fred Foley Award for contributions to cognitive research in multiple sclerosis
East Hanover, NJ – June 3, 2024 – Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, PhD, has been awarded the 2024 Fred Foley Award for her contributions to significant...
Development of revolutionary color-tunable photonic devices
A team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), spearheaded by Professor Su Seok Choi and Ph.D. candidate Seungmin Nam from the Department of...
LIST to help develop gas sensors for everyday products under new Horizon Europe project
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) will be coordinating a new Horizon Europe project, called AMUSENS, aimed at developing gas sensors for electronic...
The coldest lab in New York has a new quantum offering
There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won’t find it at your local bodega,...
Wire snare removal in protected areas is labor-intensive but effective – and essential to solving the Southeast Asian snaring crisis
Snaring – a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps – is widespread in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Snaring decimates wildlife populations and has...
Researchers unveil sperm release mechanism in bryophytes
Using liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) as a model, researchers led by Prof. LI Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy...
Fungus breaks down ocean plastic
A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from,...
New catalyst brings commercial high-efficiency zinc-air batteries closer to reality
The effective conversion from fossil fuel-based to renewable energy sources requires cost-efficient, high-capacity, rechargeable batteries. Zinc-air batteries (ZAB) can theoretically store large amounts of energy,...
Paving the way for hydrogen from algae enzymes
Ligands on the cluster facilitate hydrogen productionCredit: RUB, Marquard Ligands on the cluster facilitate hydrogen production “Iron-sulphur () clusters are essential, widely distributed protein cofactors...
KTU’s new food technology set to transform senior care in nursing homes
Dehydration is one of the main problems faced by many older people due to psychological, cognitive, and swallowing disorders affecting their ability to eat and...
The unexpected connection between brewing coffee and understanding turbulence
In 1883 Osborne Reynolds injected ink into water in a short, clear pipe to observe its movement. His experiments showed that as the input water...
