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Where do ‘Hawaiian box jellies' come from? An insightful cross-disciplinary team, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during…
Where do ‘Hawaiian box jellies' come from? An insightful cross-disciplinary team, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during…
Image fraud gets a boost from AI Deepfakes in the biomedical literature are coming, if they aren't here already. The post Image fraud gets a boost from AI appeared first…
Whirlpools: Facts, formation and survival tips Whirlpools form when fast-flowing currents in oceans and rivers constantly change direction. What do they look like and can you escape from one? Published…
Body's response to different strains of tuberculosis could affect transmission Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion,…
Growing nerve cells: The longer the cell, the better the model Nerve cells are difficult to study in cultures as conventional experiments don't allow natural growth, but a new platform…
Natalie Banerji: “You do not go very far by yourself” At the interface of light and matter, Natalie Banerji is using spectroscopy to advance technologies such as solar cells and…
How do blind cavefish survive their low-oxygen environment? Cavefish have obvious adaptations such as missing eyes and pale colors that demonstrate how they evolved over millennia in a dark, subterranean…
Looming Rocket Impact Forecasts Trouble for Future Lunar Exploration Although the space-junk strike on March 4 will probably be harmless, such events may soon become more common—and dangerous — Read…
Research advances knowledge of the battle between viruses and human cells In the long-term battle between a herpesvirus and its human host, a virologist and her team of students have…
Optimizing a century-old chemical process A new chemical looping approach helps optimize the Ostwald reaction, making the production of nitric acid a little “greener”. The post Optimizing a century-old chemical…