A new study found that exposure to heatwaves during the last week of pregnancy was strongly…
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Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys
The discovery of an insulin ‘decoy’ molecule shakes up understanding of insulin signaling, with implications for…
Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys
In a discovery that may further the understanding of diabetes and human longevity, scientists at Scripps…
Shrinking sea ice is creating an ecological trap for polar bears
San Diego Zoo Global researchers studying the effects of climate change on polar bears are using…
From China to the South Pole: Joining forces to solve the neutrino mass puzzle
Among the most exciting challenges in modern physics is the identification of the neutrino mass ordering.…
Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought
Species adapt to their local climates, but how often they adapt to their local communities remains…
A better starting point for exploring entanglement
Quantum entanglement is perhaps one of the most intriguing phenomena known to physics. It describes how…
Stimulating resonance with two very different forces
Widely studied in many different fields, ‘nonlinear’ systems can display excessively dramatic responses when the forces…
Powerful mantis shrimp pull punches in air for self-preservation
Mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) don’t take kindly to captivity. “They have a general baseline of being…
Lights, camera, action… the super-fast world of droplet dynamics
Cameras shooting up to 25,000 frames a second have been used to capture the moment two…