How emotions in facial expressions are understood

New research reveals how well fearful facial expressions are perceived in peripheral vision. Although human vision…

New surgery for groin pain found to be more effective than physiotherapy

As the FIFA World Cup approaches researchers have found that keyhole surgery could help get injured…

Zn-InsP6 complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body

Researchers have found a new phenomenon that a complex of myo-inositol-hexakisphosphate (InsP6) with zinc enhances excretion…

When push comes to shove: Airway cells propel liver cancer spread to lungs

Researchers identified a crucial role for air sac-based scavenger blood cells, alveolar macrophages (AMs), in driving…

New technology for enzyme design

Scientists have chemically modified the enzyme levansucrase using a new method. The enzyme can now produce…

Reconstructing longest American water level, instrumented flood record, in Boston Harbor

Using newly-discovered archival measurements to construct an instrumental record of water levels and storm tides in…

New approach boosts effort to scale up biodiversity monitoring

The value of ecological biodiversity for maintaining ecosystem stability and function is well established, but a…

Atomically thin nanowires convert heat to electricity more efficiently

Waste heat can be converted to electricity more efficiently using one-dimensional nanoscale materials as thin as…

New perspectives on African migration

Scientists have analyzed past and present migration patterns from and within Africa, and the drivers behind…

Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots

Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand --…