Radar better than weather balloon for measuring boundary layer

Improving forecasting for a host of severe weather events may be possible thanks to a more…

‘Strange metals’ just got stranger

Scientists have discovered a behavior in materials called cuprates that suggests they carry current in a…

Drugs for heart failure are still under-prescribed, years after initial study

A new study found that many people with heart failure do not receive the medications recommended…

When the seed becomes a plant, it has 48 hours to survive

When a seed germinates, it only has two days to turn into a seedling capable of…

How to make the gene-editing tool CRISPR work even better

Scientists have found conclusive evidence that Cas9, the most popular enzyme currently used in CRISPR gene…

Field test for dog Leishmania exposure evaluated

Dogs infected with Leishmania infantum, a parasite transmitted by the sand fly Phlebotomus perniciosus, are at…

Fairy-wrens learn alarm calls of other species just by listening

Birds often eavesdrop on the alarm calls of other species, making it possible for them to…

Study challenges evolution of FOXP2 as human-specific language gene

FOXP2, a gene implicated in affecting speech and language, is held up as a textbook example…

Cellular communication system in mice helps control female fertility

Researchers have discovered that two genes work together to construct a cellular communication system in the…

Alcohol increases tuberculosis-related deaths in young mice

Alcohol increases the mortality of young but not old mice infected with the tuberculosis-causing bacterium Mycobacterium…