People synchronize what they remember and what they forget after sharing memories with one another,…
Month: September 2016
Bacteria supply their allies with munitions
Bacteria fight their competitors with molecular spear guns, the so-called Type VI secretion system. When…
Scientists find culprit responsible for calcified blood vessels in kidney disease
Scientists have implicated a type of stem cell in the calcification of blood vessels that…
A tenth of the world’s wilderness lost since the 1990s
Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology show catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the…
Chemists devise revolutionary 3-D bone-scanning technique
A scanning technique for bones has been created that does not expose patients to X-ray…
Common molecular mechanism of Parkinson’s pathology discovered in study
Intracellular defects that lead to cells’ failure to decommission faulty ‘power packs’ known as mitochondria…
Genetic analysis uncovers four species of giraffe, not just one
Up until now, scientists had only recognized a single species of giraffe made up of…
The history of beer yeast
Today’s industrial yeast strains are used to make beer, wine, bread, biofuels, and more, but…
Kill them with cuteness: The adorable thing bats do to catch prey
A bat’s head waggles and ear wiggles synch with its sonar vocalizations to help it…
Study sheds light on factors affecting employees’ commitment
As it becomes increasingly common for older workers to report to younger supervisors, a new…