The secret lives of Darwin's finches reveal daily commutes equal to the area of 30 soccer fields

Using radio transmitters, scientists have gained new insights into the behavior of medium ground finches in…

Birds derive benefits from coffee-growing landscapes with forests and shade trees

A new study, published in Biological Conservation, finds that two conservation strategies provide complementary benefits to…

New delivery method allows slow-release of broader array of peptide drugs in the body

A new study from the University of Michigan describes one of the first entirely new drug…

Phonon dynamics enable a deeper understanding of how heat travels through quantum dots

As electronic, thermoelectric and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale, engineers have faced a…

New insights into neutron star matter

An international research team has for the first time combined data from heavy-ion experiments, gravitational wave…

Investigating the magnetic properties of helium-3

In a joint experimental-theoretical study published in Nature, physicists at the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for…

Rental seekers with foreign-sounding names get fewer callbacks from landlords: study

In Sweden, a study that sent fictitious applications in response to real housing ads has found…

New study shows benefits of dispatching mental health specialists in nonviolent 911 emergencies

As U.S. cities rethink the role of law enforcement in nonviolent 911 emergencies, new Stanford research…

Climate change and human exploitation to blame for historic decline in Atlantic salmon

Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed that an abrupt change in climate conditions…

JcSEP3 regulates stamen development in Jatropha curcas

SEPALLATA (SEP) genes are the plant-specific MIKC-type MADS-box genes, belonging to the class E genes in the…