In the Mesorhabditis belari roundworm, the sole purpose of males is to help females produce clones…
From mirror-image biology to enhanced therapeutic proteins
Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing biomolecules in their mirror-image form. The researchers' goal is to create…
Guardians of the synapse: Scientists identify a new role for nerve-supporting cells
Researchers have found, for the first time, that a blood-clotting protein can, unexpectedly, degrade nerves--and how…
Thanking and apologizing: Talk that isn’t cheap
Researchers have introduced a framework, 'Responsibility Exchange Theory,' for understanding why thanking and apologizing, as well…
The sweet spot: Scientists discover taste center of human brain
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and a new method of statistical analysis, researchers have discovered…
Ocean sink for human-made CO2 measured
Scientists have determined the amount of human-made CO2 emissions taken up by the ocean between 1994…
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages
Over the last 540 million years, the Earth has weathered three major ice ages -- periods…
Exotic ‘second sound’ phenomenon observed in pencil ‘lead’
At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports.
Are we at the limits of measuring water-repellent surfaces
As we develop extremely liquid repellent surfaces, the errors in existing measurement techniques are getting too…
Vaccine study confirms sensitivity of cholera test
Recently, the sensitivity of fecal microbiological cultures for detecting cholera has come under question. Researchers investigated…