Researchers have discovered a previously unknown error in the transport of glutamine between astrocytes and neurons…
Month: June 2018
Scientists create new building material out of fungus, rice and glass
Would you live in a house made of fungus? It's not just a rhetorical question: fungi…
New theory deepens understanding of Turing patterns in biology
A team of researchers at EMBL have expanded Alan Turing's seminal theory on how patterns are…
New beacons light up the interior
LMU's Ralf Jungmann develops modes of microscopy that can resolve cellular structures with dimensions on the…
Stereo vision using computing architecture inspired by the brain
The Brain-Inspired Computing group at IBM Research-Almaden will be presenting at the 2018 IEEE Conference on…
Astronauts eject UK-led space junk demo mission
The RemoveDebris satellite will trial technologies for snaring broken hardware drifting in orbit.
Lyme disease cases among children are on the rise in western Pennsylvania
Doctors found that cases of Lyme disease in children have increased exponentially in western Pennsylvania.
Beetles exploit warm winters to expand range, study confirms
A new study confirms that increasing minimum winter temperatures allow beetles to expand their range but…
Swedes have been brewing beer since the Iron Age, new evidence confirms
Archaeologists have found carbonized germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early…
When you’re a sitting duck, you learn to adapt
For common loons, black flies are a common blood-feeding pest and can cause nest abandonment and…