Fear of Predators in Grasshoppers Slows Plant Decay in Ecosystem
The fear of predators in an ecosystem can have a vast impact on soil ecology, simply due to the stress they put upon their prey….
The fear of predators in an ecosystem can have a vast impact on soil ecology, simply due to the stress they put upon their prey….
In an effort to identify the genes involved and develop treatments for human brain disorders, such as autism, researchers have taken a new approach. By…
Some European cave paintings are older than previously thought, implying that Neanderthals might have been their creators rather than Homo sapiens. It’s not yet certain,…
By using data gathered from instruments onboard the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists at MIT have calculated the size of snow particles…
A cocktail of three antibodies has been able to cure monkeys infected with the Ebola virus if administered 24 hours or more after exposure. This…
By feeding algae more carbon, scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory increased the microbes’ overall metabolism, resulting in increased oil production as the organisms continued…
An international team of scientists has begun to put a molecular face on the biochemical systems that modulate the levels of plant hormones to defend…
Using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astrophysicists will scan debris from supernovas to better understand how they work and use that information to figure out…
Initial results from BaBar data suggest that a particular type of particle decay called “B to D-star-tau-nu” happens more often than the Standard Model says…
A team of scientists successfully stored a quantum bit in a diamond crystal for more than a second at room temperature, an improvement of almost…
Though separated by tens of millions of light-years, a new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of galaxies that seem to be…
In an effort to better understand what the future of climate change may look like, a team of scientists examined plant leaf wax remnants in…
By producing consistent images that can compensate for body motions and by providing a way to map the exact location on the skin where one…
New research from scientists at Rice University shows that when voltage is applied to a sheet of graphene on a silicon-based substrate it can turn…
A new report published by theoretical physicists suggests that under the right conditions a nanotube growing at about 1 micrometer a second at 700 kelvins…
By designing a way to chemically attach genetically manipulated luciferase enzymes directly to the surface of nanorods, scientists at Syracuse University found a new way…
In a new study from stem cell biologists at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, scientists demonstrate self-formation of optic cups and storable stratified neural…
Harvard scientists are using a genetically modified version of the rabies virus to trace neural pathways in the brain, believing that this research may lead…