A team of scientists has discovered a key mechanism that drives a bacteria that kills…
Month: May 2016
Bee model could be breakthrough for robot development
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have created a computer model of how bees avoid…
Sex difference in sports interest: What does evolution say?
Sports are enormously popular, and one striking pattern is that boys and men are typically…
No longer lost in translation: Biochemists watch gene expression in real time
Biochemists have made a live-cell movie of RNA translation, the fundamental cellular process by which…
Sea star juveniles abundant, but recovery is anything but guaranteed
An unprecedented number of juvenile sea stars have been observed off the Oregon coast over…
Drug combination could help reduce risk of death in type 2 diabetes
People with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin plus metformin had a reduced risk of…
Six new fossil species form ‘snapshot’ of primates stressed by ancient climate change
Researchers have unearthed a “mother lode” of a half-dozen fossil primate species in southern China.These…
Tsunami risk: World’s shallowest slow-motion earthquakes detected offshore of New Zealand
New research indicates that slow-motion earthquakes or ‘slow-slip events’ can rupture the shallow portion of…
Men also at risk for osteoporosis
Screening women for osteoporosis is now routine, however, when it comes to men, most are…
Smartphone app for monitoring heart palpitations is comparable to 14-day event monitor
A smartphone app that tracks palpitations in heart patients provides comparable performance to the 14-day…