The simplest experimental system to date to identify the minimum requirements for the emergence of…
Fast, low energy, and continuous biofuel extraction from microalgae
Researchers have used a nanosecond pulsed electric field to extract hydrocarbons from microalgae. By using…
Expert unravels disease that took the hearing of world-famos painter
Francisco Goya is the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th…
Solar system: New insights into ring system
Astronomers have modeled the two rings around Chariklo, the smallest body in the Solar System…
Success in the 3-D bioprinting of cartilage
A team of researchers has managed to generate cartilage tissue by printing stem cells using…
The world’s fastest film camera: When light practically stands still
Forget high-speed cameras capturing 100,000 images per second. A research group has developed a camera…
Unlikely pair of plants named after stars of movie ‘twins’
Biologists have named an unlikely pair of plants after Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, the…
Follow-up colonoscopies associated with a significantly lower incidence of bowel cancer
Patients at risk of developing bowel cancer can significantly benefit from a follow-up colonoscopy, finds…
Symbiotic bacteria: From hitchhiker to beetle bodyguard
Bacterial symbionts transition between plant pathogenicity and insect defensive mutualism, a new report demonstrates. The…
Primary school children get less active with age, study finds
There is an age-related decline in children’s physical activity levels as they progress through primary…