Everyday in the workplace, colleagues actively compete for a limited amount of perks, including raises,…
Month: February 2017
Antimicrobial substances identified in Komodo dragon blood
In a land where survival is precarious, Komodo dragons thrive despite being exposed to scads…
Hybrid plant breeding: Secrets behind haploid inducers, a powerful tool in maize breeding
A common strategy to create high-yielding plants is hybrid breeding. However, getting the inbred lines…
Nanostraws sample a cell’s contents without damage
Tiny nanostraws that sample the contents of a cell without causing damage may improve our…
A close look at sharp vision in eye structure seen only in humans and other primates
Found only in the retinas of humans and other primates, the fovea is responsible for…
Ants stomp, termites tiptoe: Predator detection by a cryptic prey
Secretive and destructive, termites live in close proximity to predatory ants yet still outsmart them….
Unravelling the atomic and nuclear structure of the heaviest elements
Little is known about the heaviest, radioactive elements in Mendeleev’s table. But an extremely sensitive…
Resveratrol may be an effective intervention for lung aging
Researchers demonstrate, for the first time that inhaled resveratrol treatments slow aging-related degenerative changes in…
Blood ties fuel cooperation among species, not survival instinct
Survival instinct does not influence species cooperative breeding decisions, a new study has found. Instead,…
Researchers find potential bugs to eat invasive cogongrass
Cogongrass displaces pasture grass, golf course greens and valuable ecosystems. Now researchers are focusing on…