Water flea can smell fish and dive into the dark for protection

Zoologists have discovered the messenger substance responsible for the flight of the small planktonic crustacean Daphnia…

Role of psychological distress and emotional eating in obesity

New research has found that people on lower incomes may be more likely to have obesity…

Stress in early life could make people more likely to develop depression

New research has found that early life adversity could make an individual more at risk of…

Behold the mayo: Experiments reveal ‘instability threshold’ of elastic-plastic material

Scientist have succeeded in characterizing the interface between an elastic-plastic material and a light material under…

Gold makes invisible surfaces visible in CT

Zoologists have developed a new method for displaying previously invisible surface details using computer tomography. The…

Occurrence of back-to-back heat waves likely to accelerate with climate change

Researchers have provided the first estimation of the potential damage from back-to-back, or compound, heat waves,…

Lions vs. porcupines

Lions can bring down wildebeests and giraffes, but when they try to hunt porcupines, the spiky…

Tsunami signals to measure glacier calving in Greenland

Scientists have employed a new method utilizing tsunami signals to calculate the calving magnitude of an…

New ways to generate stem cells more efficiently

A new study could improve the efficiency of creating induced pluripotent stem cells.

Study identifies better, cheaper ways to stem arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh

An analysis compares four methods of dealing with arsenic contamination in Bangladesh, and pinpoints strategies to…