A team of researchers with members from Finland, Japan, the U.K., Germany and Singapore has found…
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Plant signals trigger remarkable bacterial transformation
The cycad Cycas revoluta is a palm-like plant that grows on rocky coastal cliffs in the…
Field trial with neonicotinoids: Honeybees are much more robust than bumblebees
The insecticide clothianidin affects different species of bees in different ways. While it has no demonstrably…
New chemical tool to block endocytosis in plants identified
Plant cells absorb many important substances through a process called endocytosis. In plants, endocytosis is essential…
Quantum gas turns supersolid
Researchers led by Francesca Ferlaino from the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Academy of Sciences…
Can we solve the riddle of the coral reef halos?
Patches of coral reef are often surrounded by very large ‘halos’ of bare sand that are…
Smelling with your tongue
Scientists report that functional olfactory receptors, the sensors that detect odors in the nose, are also…
Polymer reversibly glows white when stretched
Researchers at the University of Fribourg’s Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) and Hokkaido University in Japan have…
In order to recognize spatial structures, bat echolocation uses similar cues as our sense of sight
The sonar system of bats exploits spatial information in a way similar to our sense of…
Imaging system helps surgeons remove tiny ovarian tumors
Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after it has reached an advanced stage, with many tumors…