Biologists have used DNA evidence to trace the origin of illegal ivory and help police…
Month: June 2015
Majority rules when baboons vote with their feet
Olive baboon troops decide where to move democratically, despite their hierarchical social order, according to…
Viral commuters: How influenza viruses use transportation systems in the US
In increasingly mobile modern societies, long-distance transmission can rapidly spread pathogens. A new study suggests…
Three-year-olds help victims of injustice
Young children are just as likely to respond to the needs of another individual as…
Galactic crashes fuel quasars
Using the Hubble Space Telescope’s infrared vision, astronomers have unveiled some of the previously hidden…
Musicians don’t just hear in tune, they also see in tune
Auditory melodies can enhance a musician’s visual awareness of written music, particularly when the two…
Sequential immunizations could be the key to HIV vaccine
Scientists have thought for some time that multiple immunizations, each tailored to specific stages of…
Researchers bring to life proteins’ motion
A new study expands scientists’ understanding of proteins’ normal functioning. Researchers identified how proteins move…
Kennewick Man closely related to Native Americans, geneticists say
DNA from the 8,500-year-old skeleton of an adult man found in 1996, in Washington, is…
Scientists identify progenitor cells for blood, immune system
Scientists have identified characteristics of a family of daughter cells, called MPPs, which are the…