A new mobile phone microscope that uses video to automatically detect and quantify infection by…
Month: May 2015
Plant toxin causes biliary atresia in animal model
A new study is a classic example of how seemingly unlikely collaborators can come together…
Genetically isolated sloth bears rely on habitat corridors to connect populations
Habitat connectivity and corridors may play an important role in maintaining gene flow between isolated…
Snakes’ dining habits shaped by ancestry, relationships more so than ecology
Diets of snakes from a temperate region in South America may depend more on phylogeny…
Fishermen, communities need more than healthy fish stocks
A new tool ranks the vitality of a fishery by looking at its economic and…
Sea lion strandings: The view from the rookery
Wildlife biologists are describing conditions at the sea lion rookeries on the Channel Islands, where…
When mom gains too much weight during pregnancy, her child is more likely to be obese
A new study has found that when an expecting mother gains more weight than recommended,…
Channeling valleytronics in graphene
Scientists have discovered topologically protected 1-D electron conducting channels at the domain walls of bilayer…
Molecular homing beacon redirects human antibodies to fight pathogenic bacteria
With the threat of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens growing, new ideas to treat infections are sorely…
Tiny silicone spheres come out of the mist: Targeted medicine?
Technology in common household humidifiers could enable the next wave of high-tech medical imaging and…