Here’s a reason not to peel tomatoes: A new method of plant analysis has identified…
Month: December 2016
Making spines from sea water
How do creatures like sea urchins take up the calcium they need to build hard…
Availability of human food shortens and disrupts bears’ hibernation
With winter approaching, bears all over the world are getting ready to hibernate. New research…
Guppies: Study sorts the maths whizzes from the dunces
Some guppies have a better sense of maths than others. It allows some to find…
Avoiding spiritual struggles and existential questions is linked with poorer mental health
Fear of confronting the tensions and conflicts brought on by existential concerns—the “big questions” of…
Study shows promising clinical activity, safety results of KTE-C19 in aggressive B-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma
Immune cellular therapy is a promising new area of cancer treatment. Anti-cancer therapeutics, such as…
New mechanism to control human viral infections discovered
A long-sought-after mechanism has been found in human cells that creates immunity to influenza A…
Superior crystals grow from levitating droplets
Crystals that don’t experience mechanical stress during growth, will be of superior quality. Researchers are…
Re-emergence of syphilis traced to pandemic strain cluster
Over the last few decades, an age-old infectious disease has been re-emerging globally: syphilis. Using…
Why the flounder is flat
Scientists have long been puzzled by the flounder’s asymmetrical physiology. The mechanism that triggers the…