A new study sheds light on the brain cells that function in establishing one’s location…
Month: February 2015
Carnivorous mushroom reveals human immune trick: How we punch our way into cancer cells
Edible oyster mushrooms have an intriguing secret: They eat spiders and roundworms. And they do…
Fine-tuned supramolecular polymerization
Researchers have demonstrated a new method for artificially building and dismantling supramolecular polymers in a…
Why do new strains of HIV spread slowly?
Most HIV epidemics are still dominated by the first strain that entered a particular population….
Acoustic tweezers device expands the range of x-ray crystallography
A device for precisely positioning small objects using acoustic waves has now been used to…
Why did people evolve to be cooperative? And why in a principled way?
Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind model, dubbed the ‘envelope game,’ that can help researchers understand…
Cesium atoms shaken, not stirred, to create elusive excitation in superfluid
In 1941, future Nobel laureate Lev Landau predicted that superfluid helium-4 should contain an exotic,…
Genetics lab unravels mystery whale killing at sea
Fisheries scientists happened onto a killer whale attack too late to tell what species had…
Improving genome editing with drugs
Scientists have discovered a way to enhance the efficiency of CRISPR genome editing with the…
Prototype of a robotic system with emotion and memory
Researchers have developed a prototype of a social robot which supports independent living for the…