Research reveals that an invasive crayfish species is easier to detect in water samples during breeding,…
Month: August 2017
What’s really the point of wasps?
A new citizen science survey aims to shed light on that fixture of summertime in the…
More inflexible than imagined
Oligosaccharides – chains of sugar building blocks – are essential for biological cells. Scientists had thought…
Image: A world of snowy dunes on Mars
It was spring in the Northern hemisphere when this image was taken on May 21, 2017,…
Equality’s effect on environmentalism
New research led by Victoria University of Wellington shows people who favour hierarchy and inequality in…
Compound found primarily in cocoa helps cells release more insulin
What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off.
ESA and Chinese astronauts train together
ESA astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer joined 16 Chinese astronauts earlier this month for nine…
Researchers observe dynamical quantum phase transitions in an interacting many-body system
A team of researchers from several institutions in Germany and Austria has developed a means for…