To unlock the ‘mystery of mysteries,’ seven scientists at four institutions have collaborated to uncover…
Month: March 2014
Small peptides as potential antibiotics
Small peptides attack bacteria in many different ways and may well become a new generation…
Paleontologists assemble giant turtle bone from fossil discoveries made centuries apart
A broken fossil turtle bone discovered by an amateur paleontologist in 2012 turned out to…
Inbreeding in woolly mammoths: Neck rib provide clues about decline and eventual extinction
Researchers recently noticed that the remains of woolly mammoths from the North Sea often possess…
Plasma tool for destroying cancer cells
Plasma medicine is a new and rapidly developing area of medical technology. Specifically, understanding the…
Smokers’ bitter taste buds may be on the fritz
Bitterness can generally be tasted at very low concentrations, but not so for those who…
Technofossils: Unprecedented legacy left behind by humans
Scientists suggest that the fossil impact humans have made on the planet is vast and…
Causes and consequences of global climate warming 56 million years ago
Scientists have ruled out the hypothesis that the fall in sea level was responsible for…
Simple, like a neutron star: How neutron stars are like (and unlike) black holes
For astrophysicists neutron stars are extremely complex astronomical objects. Research has demonstrated that in certain…
Strange materials cropping up in condensed matter laboratories
Physicists are using surprising ideas and mathematical tools originating in string theory to guide research…