Researchers establish advanced high-resolution microscopy system to visualize bone remodeling

Osteoblasts act in a group to make bone over the course of several months. However, how…

Swiss rivers on track to overheat by the end of the century

According to an EPFL study, if we take immediate measures to reduce CO2 emissions, we could…

Simulating outer space in a beamline provides insight into ice formation in extreme environments

Extreme conditions—severe pressure, intense temperatures, and high levels of radiation— exist all over the earth and…

New guidelines to improve practice when babies are separated from parents at birth

Draft guidelines to help improve practice when the state acts to safeguard a baby at birth…

What medieval skeletons tell us about modern day pandemics

A young woman walks Trondheim’s streets 800 years ago, carrying a secret in her body. It’s…

Body measurements for all 11,000 bird species released in open-access database

A new database called AVONET contains measurements of more than 90,000 individual birds, allowing researchers to…

Tail hair technology uses real-time DNA sequencing to determine age of cattle

A way to determine the age of cattle by analyzing their tail hair has been described…

Visualization of the origin of magnetic forces by atomic resolution electron microscopy

The joint development team of Professor Shibata (the University of Tokyo), JEOL Ltd. and Monash University…

Sea vegetables are the future of farming

Seaweed salad has never appealed to me. Click here for original story, Sea vegetables…

Physical activity among office workers in Japan

Sufficient physical activity is vital to staying healthy. But for office workers whose job means spending…