Walking sharks discovered in the tropics

Four new species of tropical sharks that use their fins to walk are causing a stir…

Well-designed substrates make large single crystal bi-/tri-layer graphene possible

Scientists have reported the fabrication and use of single crystal copper-nickel alloy foil substrates for the…

How fruit flies flock together in orderly clusters

Opposing desires to congregate and maintain some personal space drive fruit flies to form orderly clusters,…

New technique to study molecules and materials on quantum simulator discovered

A new technique to study the properties of molecules and materials on a quantum simulator has…

New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba

Viruses are probably the most peculiar “life forms” known to us, with each species having unique…

Advancing the application of genomic sequences through 'Kmasker plants'

The development of next-generation-sequencing (NGS) has enabled researchers to investigate genomes that might previously have been…

Measuring the world of social phenomena

Economists working with Professor Marko Sarstedt from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg are demanding that the…

Budget battle hampers EU in space

Space is becoming increasingly militarised and European satellites are under-protected, experts warned Tuesday, voicing dismay at…

Banning food waste: Lessons for rural America

While Vermonters support banning food waste from landfills—and a whopping 72 percent already compost or feed…

The little auks that lived in the Pacific

Findings from a 700,000-year-old fossil bone indicate that a close relative of the most abundant seabird…