How snowshoe hares evolved to stay seasonally camouflaged

Many animals have evolved fur or feather colors to blend in with the environment and hide…

Antarctic ice sheet is melting, but rising bedrock below could slow it down

An international team of researchers has found that the bedrock below the remote West Antarctic Ice…

Unprecedented control of polymer grids achieved

The first examples of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) were discovered in 2005, but quality has been…

Brain’s response to opioids: New research provides expanded insights

Opioids are powerful painkillers that act on the brain, but they have a range of harmful…

Zebrafish’s near 360 degree UV-vision knocks stripes off Google Street View

A zebrafish view of the world has been forensically analyzed by researchers to reveal that how…

Majority of US adults prescribed epinephrine report not using it in an emergency

A new study shows in an emergency, 52 percent of adults with potentially life-threatening allergies didn't…

Psychiatric disorders share an underlying genetic basis

Researchers explored the genetic connections between brain disorders at a scale far eclipsing previous work on…

Fish’s use of electricity might shed light on human illnesses

African weakly electric fish, commonly called baby whales, use incredibly brief electrical pulses to sense the…

Mice not only experience regret, but also learn to avoid it in the future

New research has discovered that mice are capable of learning to plan ahead in order to…

Water can be very dead, electrically speaking

Water is one of the most fascinating substances on Earth and at the heart of its…