‘Cloud computing’ takes on new meaning for scientists

Clouds may be wispy puffs of water vapor drifting through the sky, but they're heavy lifting…

Magnetization in small components can now be filmed in the laboratory

Scientists have refined an electron microscope-based technique that makes it possible not only to capture static…

Beetle adapts chemical mimicry to parasitize different bee species

A beetle that tricks bees into carrying it into their nests where it can live off…

Enzyme in milk production identified as target for novel breast cancer drugs

Researchers have identified a protein involved in milk production that stimulates the growth and spread of…

Folding poisons: How toxins of the bacterium Clostridium difficile get into cells in the gut

Clostridium difficile can proliferate when the gut's normal microbiome is killed by antibiotics, leading to inflammation.…

How bad bacteria gain an edge in the gut

A new study finds that Clostridium difficile, which is responsible for the majority of antibiotic-associated diarrhea…

Intense, recent physical activity linked to healthy metabolic profiles in adolescents

More time spent intensely active, to a greater extent than less time spent sedentary, correlates with…

Snapshots of the future: Tool learns to predict user’s gaze in headcam footage

Researchers have developed a computational tool that can learn from headcam footage of complex tasks to…

New method of pinpointing cancer mutations could lead to more targeted treatments

A team of researchers has developed a new framework that can combine three existing methods of…

Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics

Applying a comprehensive analysis of genetic, historical, and archeological factors in two 6th-century barbarian cemeteries, researchers…