(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) A mosquito-killing toxin, fast-charging batteries, and artificial antibodies.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Vibes before it bites: 10 types of defensive behaviour for the false coral snake
(Pensoft Publishers) The False Coral Snake (Oxyrhopus rhombifer) may be capable of recognising various threat levels and demonstrates ten different defensive behaviours, seven of which are registered for the first time for the species. Scientists from …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New research may help older adults stay physically capable for longer
(University of Birmingham) Drug therapies that help older adults maintain their skeletal muscle mass and physical function for longer could be a step closer after researchers at the University of Birmingham identify a key mechanism that drives the clea…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Electric jolt to carbon makes better water purifier
(Nagoya University) Nanocarbons for purifying water get a lot more efficient by exposing a precursor mixture to high voltage.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Epigenetic inheritance: A silver ****** against climate change?
(Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)) The rapid pace of climate change threatens all living species. An international team of researchers from Queen Mary University of London and GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) h…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Water-balloon physics is high-impact science
(Princeton University, Engineering School) Princeton researchers have established the definitive physical rules governing capsule impact, a research area that had gone virtually unexplored until now. The results, published March 16, 2020 in Nature Phys…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Lin studying gene transcription in blood of patients treated for opioid use disorder
(George Mason University) MingKuan Lin, Research Assistant Professor, INOVA Neuroscience, School of Systems Biology, is working to measure gene expression levels in blood from patients undergoing treatment with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Research reveals why some prostate cancers are more aggressive
(University of East Anglia) Researchers at the University of East Anglia have discovered why some prostate cancers are more aggressive, spread to different parts of the body, and ultimately cause death. It is hoped that the discovery, published today, …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Reanalysis of global amphibian crisis study finds important flaws
(University of California – Berkeley) Last year in the journal Science, a research review concluded that the chytrid fungus caused the decline of at least 501 amphibian species, of which 90 have gone extinct. A team of University of California, Berkele…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Hidden source of carbon found at the Arctic coast
(University of Texas at Austin) A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems — and concerned about what it may mean in an era of c…