Dark matter may be hitting the right note in small galaxies

Dark matter may scatter against each other only when they hit the right energy, says international…

Oldest frog relative found in North America

Paleontologists have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known frogs in…

How listening to music ‘significantly impairs’ creativity

The popular view that music enhances creativity has been challenged by researchers who say it has…

Getting to the core of underwater soil

Soils all over the Earth's surface are rigorously tested and managed. But what about soils that…

How young adults experience pain affects self-injury

Teen-agers and young adults who intentionally hurt themselves engage in such behavior based, in part, on…

New treatment offers potentially promising results for the possibility of slowing, stopping, or even reversing Parkinson’s disease

A pioneering clinical trials program that delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain offers hope…

Bat-mobile with cruise control

A new study investigated the energy requirements and travel speeds of migrating Nathusius' bats (Pipistrellus nathusii).

Custom-made proteins may help create antibodies to fight HIV

Using computational modeling, a team of researchers has designed and created proteins that mimicked different surface…

Biologists find the long and short of it when it comes to chromosomes

A team of biologists has uncovered a mechanism that determines faithful inheritance of short chromosomes during…

When temperatures drop, Siberian Miscanthus plants surpass main bioenergy variety

Miscanthus is a popular, sustainable, perennial feedstock for bioenergy production that thrives on marginal land in…