Shearing of alpacas is necessary, but also stressful

Alpacas, a species of New World camelids, have very thick wool. This requires them to be…

Osteoarthritis could be prevented with good diet and exercise

Osteoarthritis can potentially be prevented with a good diet and regular exercise, a new expert review…

Stem cells in plants and animals behave surprisingly similarly

A new study shows that the behavior of stem cells in plants and animals is surprisingly…

Chronic childhood illness linked with later life mental health problems

A new study into the effects of chronic physical illness in children on their life-long mental…

Playground politics: What drives rejection amongst children?

New research approaches the subject of rejection in a different way. It asked the children doing…

Next-gen solar cells could be improved by atomic-scale redesign

Researchers have uncovered the exact mechanism that causes new solar cells to break down in air,…

Electrostatic design of materials: A fundamentally new approach

Researchers have mapped out a radically new approach for designing optical and electronic properties of materials.

What goes down, must come up: Stirring things up in the Earth’s mantle

New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth's mantle and its chemical makeup have been…

Immune cells rely on receptor to signal counterattack on parasitic worm

Immune cells, called macrophages, may rely on a compound to signal an attack to beat back…

X-rays from copper source set new gold standard for measuring industrial materials

With this new, unique X-ray machine, NIST can make some of the world's most accurate measurements,…