Late teen years are key period for bone growth

The late adolescent years are an important period for gaining bone mineral, even after a teenager…

Humpback whales: Calving ground loyalty drives population differences, study finds

Scientists conducting the first circum-global assessment of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Southern Hemisphere's humpback whales…

Computer vision algorithm used to study Google Street View images for signs of urban change

Computer vision algorithms have been used to examine millions of Google Street View images to measure…

Psychological effect against pushing and shoving

A large crowd of people at the entrance of concert or sport venues can easily result…

Your hands may reveal the struggle to maintain self-control

It takes just a few seconds to choose a cookie over an apple and wreck your…

Falling sea level caused volcanoes to overflow

During the transition to the last ice age approximately 80,000 years ago global temperature declined, while…

New molecular scissors act like a GPS to improve genome editing

Researchers have discovered how Cpf1, a new molecular scissors unzip and cleave DNA. This member of…

Role of cooperativity in hydrophobic interactions revealed in real-time monitoring

In a breakthrough, scientists overcame designed an innovative microfluidic mixer that monitors the fluorescence induced by…

Photo-responsive protein hydrogels as agent for controlled stem cell/protein release

A B12-dependent light-sensing hydrogel has been created by covalently stitching together the photoreceptor C-terminal adenosylcobalamin binding…

Anti-gravity treadmills get patients running again after knee surgery

Using space age technology, an expert on knee rehabilitation works with clients who have been given…