The research may be used to create improved conservation strategies for an ecologically important area that has been under evaluation for natural resource…
Walking on a rocky intertidal shore you will see a fascinating landscape often dominated by large algae of different sorts. It is a beautiful environment full…
Water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) is a special form of infrared radiation (heat radiation) in the range 780-1400 nm, which is used in medicine for prevention…
On average, children take the first steps on their own at the age of 12 months. Many parents perceive this event as a decisive turning point. However, the…
Single-celled archaea are invisible to the naked eye, and even when using a microscope, great care must be taken to observe them. An international team of…
For the first time, the complete genomes of three populations of aye-ayes–a type of lemur–have been sequenced and analyzed. The results of the…
The Xenoturbella bocki worm is a one-centimetre long worm with a simple body plan that is only found regularly by the west coast of Sweden. The worm lacks a…
An isolating layer and a sensor layer are coated directly onto the tooling component, and the sensor is then structured using an ultrashort pulsed laser. Since…
In diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s endogenous proteins accumulate in the brain, eventually leading to the death of nerve cells. These deposits, which…
Scientists have long thought that mice might serve as a model for how humans learn to vocalize. But new research led by scientists at Washington State…
In a National Science Foundation funded study, Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech, found that climate drives a large part…
In what promises to be an eye-opener for many doctors and patients who routinely depend on cholesterol testing, a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins…
After comparing the lists and how they are created, researchers at the University of Illinois's Energy Biosciences Institute have developed some suggestions on…
The discovery was made in the course of a study of a spectacular star, VY Canis Majoris or VY CMa for short, which is a variable star located in the…
Almost all foodstuffs contain the genetic material of those animal and plant species that were used in their preparation. Scientists at the Institute of…
Previously, supernovae were divided into either core-collapse or Type Ia categories. Core-collapse supernovae are the explosion of a star about 10 to 100 times…