Toxic algae increases in Florida's Lake Okeechobee

Recent tests results show that toxic amounts of blue-green algae have surfaced in Lake Okeechobee, according…

Team discovers control of cell signaling using a cobalt (III)-nitrosyl complex

Two professors’ joint research team has discovered how to synthesize new materials to deliver nitric oxide,…

Physicists develop model that describes length growth in biological systems

“Grandmother, why do you have such big ears?” is one of the most well-known questions in…

Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled

An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built platinum nanoparticles for…

Cool new wearable devices can do miracles for your health

From a small light-up pad that makes your bruise fade faster to a strip of gel…

Black (nano)gold to combat climate change

Global warming is a serious threat to the planet and living beings. One of the main…

U.N. chief heads back to Caribbean to raise the alarm about climate change, hurricanes

Almost two years after he visited the Caribbean to see for himself the devastation left by…

B cells off rails early in lupus

Scientists could discern that in people with SLE, signals driving expansion and activation are present at…

Super-resolution microscopy illuminates associations between chromosomes

Thanks to super-resolution microscopy, scientists have now been able to unambiguously identify physical associations between human…

Plants don't think, they grow: The case against plant consciousness

If a tree falls, and no one’s there to hear it, does it feel pain and…