Flies sleep when need arises to adapt to new situations

Researchers have found that flies sleep more when they can’t fly, possibly because sleeping helps them…

Inspired by cheetahs, researchers build fastest soft robots yet

Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a new type of soft robot that…

Plasma medicine research highlights antibacterial effects and potential uses

As interest in the application of plasma medicine — the use of low-temperature plasma (LTP) created…

Promising study offers hope for Menkes disease patients

A research team has good news for patients with copper-deficiency disorders, especially young children diagnosed with…

To err is human, to learn, divine

New research describes a new model for how the brain interprets patterns in complex networks. They…

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #898 8 May 2020 (Space Life Science Research Results)

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #898 8 May 2020 (Space Life Science Research Results) …

Scientists demonstrate quantum radar prototype

Physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) have invented a new radar…

Flies sleep when need arises to adapt to new situations

Flies that cannot take to the air respond by sleeping more as they learn to adapt…

Potentially fatal combinations of humidity and heat are emerging across the globe

Most everyone knows that humid heat is harder to handle than the “dry” kind. And recently,…

Epithelial GPS: Position of RNAi machinery is associated with epithelial identity

Epithelial cells are held together and connected by several different types of structures that form cell-cell…