Pollens, the bane of allergy sufferers, could represent a boon for battery makers: Recent research…
Month: February 2016
Cells that show where things are going
The ability to see the direction in which something is moving is vital for survival….
Central Appalachia flatter due to mountaintop mining
Forty years of mountaintop coal mining have made parts of Central Appalachia 60 percent flatter…
Biophysics: Partitioning by collision
An ensemble consisting of a binary mixture of particles of equal size can partition itself…
Prunetin prolongs lifespan in male fruit flies and enhances overall health
Here’s a reason for men to eat their lima beans — if research in male…
Snake gait: Science observes nature to invent new ways of moving
Snake locomotion is a source of inspiration for technology: graceful, silent, adaptable and efficient, it…
The iron stepping stones to better wearable tech without semiconductors
The way to better wearable electronics is dotted with iron steppingstones. Check out how nanotubes…
Climate change’s frost harms early plant reproduction
Climate change may harm early-flowering plants not through plant-pollinator mismatch but through frost damage, a…
A cancer’s surprise origins caught in action
Researchers have, for the first time, visualized the origins of cancer from the first affected…
Scientists find brain plasticity assorted into functional networks
Scientists had thought that most synapses of a similar type and in a similar location…