Month: August 2021

Credit: Image by Jiajing Wang. Alcoholic beverages have long been known to serve an important socio-cultural function in ancient societies, ...

Credit: Kanazawa University Cells in the human body constantly receive substances from the outside via a process called endocytosis.  One ...

Simulated stingrays show boost in thrust, cruising speed, and overall efficiency, pointing to potential design principles in next-generation aquatic vehicles ...

Credit: LIU Yang Researchers with the Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy ...

Credit: Roderich Roemhild Sequential treatment using antibiotics that are similar but swapped around frequently is an effective way to kill ...

Credit: Paul A Selvaggio, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium/SECORE Coral reefs' dire status has become more and more apparent to ...

Study finds ‘chink in armor’ to combat superbug Credit: Flinders University It’s not often in the headlines but sexually transmitted ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Fangshi Zhu, PhD/UTHealth Exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation can be beneficial in treating stroke survivors, according to researchers at ...

Credit: Pablo J. Venegas The Huallaga River in the Andes of central Peru extends for 1,138 km, making it the ...

No animals were harmed in the production of the synthetic muscle fibers, which are tougher than Kevlar Credit: Washington University ...

New study uses novel statistics to understand why some regions in Italy were hit harder than others during the first ...

Ctenophores, also known as comb jellies, are a group of over 200 living species of invertebrate animals with a transparent ...

Bacteria known as group B Streptococcus (GBS) are a common cause of blood infections, meningitis and stillbirth in newborns. Although ...

A novel artificial intelligence blood testing technology developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center was found to ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 today is not the same as the one that first sickened people way back in ...

Prosthetic enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat. For ...

Social media platforms like Twitter amplify expressions of moral outrage over time because users learn such language gets rewarded with ...

Today, human sources are responsible for 60% of global methane emissions, coming primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, decomposition ...

An international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an Arctic woolly mammoth, which covered enough of the ...

Researchers have precisely measured life’s metabolic highs and lows, from birth to old age, and the findings might surprise you ...