Year: 2021

Rove beetles are among the chemists of the insect world, concocting noxious compounds within their…

The mystery of grass leaf formation has now been unraveled using the latest computational modelling…

Researchers train a neural network to estimate — in just a few seconds — the…

Researchers have uncovered a process in the swirling masses of plasma surrounding black holes and…

Gut bacteria are both positively and negatively influenced by common medicines, new research shows. Medications…

Three in four sepsis survivors experience new-onset memory problems, psychological impairments or physical diagnoses. This…

The quest to deliver ultra-fast and energy efficient magnetic recording could be a step closer…

A peptide known to prevent the protein error that gives rise to Parkinson’s disease has…

To accurately predict species’ distributions and risk of extinction, models must include more than just…

Researchers have developed a circuit that produces the high-quality microwave signals required to control quantum…

A diet rich in plant products reduces the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in…

A new genomics marker tool has been shown to accurately identify tilapia species and tell…

A new study suggests that persistent exposure to air pollutants in residential communities can impact…

In recent years, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has emerged as a powerful tool for the development…

A team of physicists working at the intersection of theory and experiment are shedding new…

Researchers have developed a computational simulator that can help predict whether changes to materials or…

Neuroscientists have discovered a set of brain cells that influence the motivation of mice to…

The discovery of electrical signals in the brain associated with OCD could enable an emerging…

Last year, scientists looked on as a star called EK Draconis ejected a massive burst…

A large earthquake off the coast of south-central Chile in 1737 may have caused a…

An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA — the same platform technology used in two…

Researchers have created what could be the first battery that is both flexible and washable….

The prevalence of obesity has doubled in Australia in the last two decades. As a…

Women who gave birth to a premature baby after developing pre-eclampsia were 17 times more…

A team of astronomers has discovered the fastest optical flash of a Type Ia supernova….

Cities are responsible for 60-70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. As the world is increasingly urbanized,…

An international team of scientists has demonstrated that burrowing snakes have undergone extensive vision gene…

Large future changes in climate variability. New computer model simulations identify widespread changes in climate…

Toxic metals in the environment may increase the risk of atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque…

Scientists have discovered that gene therapy and the diabetes drug metformin may be potential treatments…

Engineers have reached a theoretical limit for efficiently converting analog data into digital bits in…

Two complementary studies show that defibrotide can successfully suppress the formation and progression of neutrophil…

A serendipitous conversation and ‘treasure trove’ of frozen stool samples from early in the HIV/AIDS…