Jurassic stick insect performed mimicry to defend against predators

Phasmatodea, commonly known as stick insects and leaf insects, are icons of crypsis and primary defense…

Chemist Audrey Miyamoto Prepares Apollo 11 Sample for Analysis

Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames…

Heating buildings: The overlooked climate change factor

Heating accounts for over 50 percent of final energy consumption. So reducing the emissions that result…

A new epigenetic editing tool is developed to activate silenced genes

Although all cells in an organism have the same genetic information, not all perform the same…

Linguistically, WhatsApp messages work like a spontaneous informal conversation

The emergence of new means of communication via the Internet has brought about new genres of…

'Cell-soldiers' turn out to be more resistant to cell death than 'cell-combat medics'

Researchers from Sechenov University (Russia) and University of Pittsburgh (U.S.) discovered that the resistance of innate…

Scientists demonstrate the first chemically synthesized optical switch

Optical switches allow for transmitting information using light, which will be useful for the development of…

Ultra-thin sail could speed journey to other star systems

A tiny sail made of the thinnest material known – one carbon-atom-thick graphene – has passed…

Mass evacuations for major cyclone in South Asia

Millions of people were being moved to safety as one of the fiercest cyclones in years…

A sustainable future

Video: 00:04:00 With the Covid-19 pandemic halting our daily lives and forcing many countries and region…