A new study of fossil fishes from Middle Triassic sediments on the shores of Lake…
Month: July 2016
Role for enhancers in bursts of gene activity
A new study suggests that sporadic bursts of gene activity may be important features of…
NASA science flights target melting Arctic Sea ice
This summer, with sea ice across the Arctic Ocean shrinking to below-average levels, a NASA…
New technique uses electrical conductivity to measure blood in dry blood samples
Researchers have demonstrated that electrical conductivity can be an effective means to precisely measure the…
Model helps identify drugs to treat cat eye infections
A new model of eye infections in cats can be used to test drugs to…
Abnormalities found in ‘insight’ areas of the brain in anorexia
Abnormalities in brain regions involved in forming insight may help explain why some people with…
X marks the spot at the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Two astronomers — with the help of Twitter–have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that an…
Ancient rocks reveal how Earth recovered from mass extinction
Scientists have shed light on why life on Earth took millions of years to recover…
Minimalist swimming microrobots
When scaling down robots to the micrometer scale for tiny tasks such as incising tissue…
Can we protect against computers being fingerprinted?
Researchers are working to find new methods of protecting against the “fingerprinting” of personal computers…