Prides, protection and parks: Africa’s protected areas can support four times as many lions

New York, NY-Africa's protected parks and reserves are capable of supporting three to four times as…

Study details ringed structure of ORC in DNA replication

An international collaboration of life scientists, including experts at Van Andel Research Institute, has described in…

New data about two distant asteroids give a clue to the possible ‘Planet Nine’

The dynamical properties of these asteroids, observed spectroscopiccally for the first time using the Gran Telescopio…

Researchers document second case of ‘Down syndrome’ in chimps

Japanese researchers have confirmed the second case known to science of a chimpanzee born with trisomy…

Tune your radio: Galaxies sing when forming stars

A team led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found the most precise…

Scientists remove reliance on seasonality in new broccoli line, potentially doubling yield

Scientists at the John Innes Centre are developing a new line of fast-growing sprouting broccoli that…

New approach to measure fluid drag on the body during swimming

A key factor to improve swimming performance is reducing resistance that water exerts on the moving…

DOOMED is new online learning approach to robotics modeling

Robotics researchers have developed a novel adaptive control approach based on online learning that allows for…

Mole study shows anyone can be backyard scientist

Scientific findings are awaiting discovery in your backyard. The requirement? A keen sense of observation and…

New nano approach could cut dose of leading HIV treatment in half

Successful results of a University of Liverpool-led trial that utilised nanotechnology to improve drug therapies for…