Improving memory with magnets

The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our…

Of Star Trek, Mark Twain and helmets: 15 new species of wasps with curious names

Fifteen new species of parasitic wasps have been described from the Neotropics. Apart from being quite…

Language learning: ‘Say it fast, fluent and flawless’

A researcher explores the different functions of prefabricated phrases in young learners' oral language production. These…

Cancer therapy: Tracking real-time proton induced radiation chemistry in water

Proton therapy is a promising form of radiation treatment used to kill cancerous cells and effectively…

Farming becoming riskier under climate change

Climate change is predicted to impact agriculture, but a new study puts these changes in terms…

Ant-plant symbioses: Adapting to changes in partner abundance

Many ant species live in often highly specific symbiotic relationships with plants from which both partners…

Cell biology: The quickest route to the tip for protein transport

According to a new theoretical model, in cell protrusions and cargo-transporting motor proteins often get in…

Rocks that tell our industrial history

Researchers have published a study in which they analyze beachrocks, cemented sand formations that have industrial…

NASA spacecraft investigate clues in radiation belts

NASA's Van Allen Probes uncover new phenomena in our near-Earth environment with their unique double orbit.…

Scientists discover mechanism that causes cancer cells to self-destruct

A new study reveals the role of three proteins in killing fast-duplicating cancer cells while they're…