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Caterpillars turn anti-predator defense against sticky toxic plants
A moth caterpillar has evolved to use acids, usually sprayed at predators as a deterrent, to…
Celebrate the Past and Inspire the Future at the Space Foundation Discovery Center Apollo 11 Celebration on July 20
On July 20, 1969, two Americans were the first humans to step foot on the Moon. …
Origin of life insight: Peptides can form without amino acids
Peptides, one of the fundamental building blocks of life, can be formed from the primitive precursors…
Neural sleep patterns emerged at least 450 million years ago
Researchers have found that neural signatures in sleeping zebrafish are analogous to those of humans, suggesting…
Repair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighboring cells
Researchers have discovered how regenerative capacity of intestinal epithelium declines when we age. Targeting of an…
Cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells
Researchers have identified, for the first time in esophageal cancer, the cancer killing capability of a…
How the mosquito immune system fights off the malaria parasite
A new study describes the way mosquito immune systems fight malaria parasites using various waves of…
New filter enhances robot vision on 6D pose estimation
Robots are good at making identical repetitive movements, such as a simple task on an assembly…
Robot-ants that can jump, communicate with each other and work together
A team of researchers has developed tiny 10-gram robots that are inspired by ants: they can…