New findings show Australian sheep face dangerous heat stress on export ships

It’s been almost three years since thousands of Australian sheep died during a voyage from Australia…

Why religious freedom stokes coronavirus protests in the U.S., but not Canada

Religious freedom, cherished as an American ideal, has been frequently invoked in the United States during…

Researchers develop synthetic novel coronavirus clones

Researchers in virology and veterinary bacteriology at the University of Bern have cloned the novel coronavirus…

Protective shield: How pathogens withstand acidic environments in the body

Certain bacteria, including the dangerous nosocomial pathogen MRSA, can protect themselves from acidic conditions in the…

A new technique for the 3-D printing multimaterial devices

Three-dimensional printing techniques could potentially be used to fabricate a variety of objects with complex geometries,…

Light sensors detect larval pests munching on date palms

A red beetle, classed as the most destructive date palm pest, causes millions of dollars of…

Strong X-ray pulsations detected from pulsar 3A 0726-260

Using AstroSat satellite, Indian astronomers have detected strong X-ray pulsations from an X-ray binary pulsar known…

Close encounters in the forest: Western lowland gorillas

The social life of gorillas is much more dynamic than previously thought, particularly with regard to…

Drifting through the ice on board a polar climate research vessel

More than two months ago, EPFL researcher Julia Schmale joined the crew of the Polarstern, a…

Bacterial behavior influences cloud formation

ETH researchers have analyzed individual marine bacterial cells to show that metabolic processes inside them determine…