Taming wild animals with a single gene change, a genomic take on goat domestication

Domestication of animals may have a genetic component, according to research led by Northwest A&F University…

Nineteen new Wolf-Rayet stars discovered in the Andromeda galaxy

Using the 4.3-m Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT), astronomers Kathryn F. Neugent and Philip Massey, have observed…

Vaccine developed to protect crocodiles and multi-million dollar industry

A University-of-Queensland-developed vaccine may protect farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus (WNV), providing economic and…

Developing future space experiment platforms for astrobiology and astrochemistry

Although technically challenging, space experiments are a scientifically important aspect of astrobiology and astrochemistry investigations. The…

Using laser-based evaporative cooling to chill negatively charged molecules

A team of physicists at the Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität working with colleagues from Institut für Ionenphysik…

Engineers develop first-of-its-kind integrated optical isolator

An optical isolator developed at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…

Consumers tend to overuse shared products, such as hand sanitizer, study finds

As consumers, we are becoming more communal. Among other products we now share with strangers are…

Arachnid has three versions of 'male:' How leg morphology predicts which version

Long-legged arachnids called harvestmen are “trimorphic,” featuring three types of males. University of Auckland research is…

New venom discovery from deadly cone snails

University of Queensland researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory aquarium for the first…

Hurt felines: Japanese app aims to detect cat pain

Cats are considered lucky in Japan, and owners of the popular pets spend big on their…