Otago scientist excavates medieval Uzbek cemetery

An Otago scientist has been digging up human remains in the backyards of Uzbek villagers to…

Fluid dynamics taught through dance

A collaboration at University of Michigan is taking a unique approach to fluid mechanics by teaching…

Using gene scissors to detect diseases

CRISPR/Cas technology can do more than alter genes. A research team at the University of Freiburg…

Fish size affects Snake River salmon returns more than route through dams

The survival and eventual return of juvenile Snake River salmon and steelhead to spawning streams as…

Babies in the womb may see more than we thought

By the second trimester, long before a baby’s eyes can see images, they can detect light. …

Scientists develop electrochemical platform for cell-free synthetic biology

Scientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Arizona State University (ASU) have developed…

Potent antimicrobial found that shows promise in fighting staph infections

Research led by scientists from McMaster University has yielded a potent antimicrobial that works against the…

New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses

On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a medical clinic with…

New discovery in C. difficile biology could lead to treatments for dangerous infections

A process called sporulation that helps the dangerous bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to survive inhospitable…

Light-trapping nanocubes drive inexpensive multispectral camera

Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated photodetectors that could span an unprecedented range of light frequencies…