Nanomaterials give plants 'super' abilities

The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting Exposition.

Otherworldly mirror pools and mesmerizing landscapes discovered on ocean floor

"We discovered remarkable towers where every surface was occupied by some type of life..

Researchers tap rare pristine air to reveal pollution's impact

An international team of scientists led by Manish Shrivastava of the U.S.

How good are protein disorder prediction programs actually?

Unfortunately, it is challenging and time-consuming to characterie the structural propensities of polypeptides experimentally, and therefore bioinformatics methods for predicting protein disorder from sequence are indispensable. Over recent years many bioinformaticians have therefore constructed algorithms to differentiate peptide sequences that will fold from those that do not, and these algorithms

Researchers discover the source of new neurons in brain's hippocampus: Findings extend understanding of how a continuous supply of neurons throughout life is connected with learning and memory

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown, in mice, that one type of stem cell that makes adult neurons is the source of this lifetime stock of new cells in the hippocampus. Published this week in Cell, these findings may help neuroscientists figure

Boy Or Girl? It's In The Father's Genes

The work by Corry Gellatly, a research scientist at the university, has shown that men inherit a tendency to have more sons or more daughters from their parents.

The brain's auto-complete function: New insights into associative memory

The researchers presented participants with a number of different scene images.Importantly, they paired each scene image with one of two different objects, such as a raspberry or a scorpion.

Bacterial factories could manufacture high-performance proteins for space missions

The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting Exposition.

Macdonald Triad Traits That Predict Psychopathic Tendencies in a Child

Do you think it is possible to detect psychopathic tendencies in adults from early childhood behaviour? The Macdonald Triad theorises that three particular behaviours are common amongst children who then display psychopathic traits as adults. Children who exhibit all three of these traits are far more likely to engage in

Dark matter is not made up of tiny black holes

Scientists know that 85 per cent of the matter in the Universe is made up of dark matter.Its gravitational force prevents stars in our Milky Way from flying apart.

It's a one-way street for sound waves in this new technology

What's more, the researchers have used the same idea to control the flow of heat in one direction..

Changing how a country types: New keyboard standard makes typing in French easier: New standard created with state-of-the-art algorithm adopted by France

"Algorithms, like the ones we have developed for the French keyboard, can help us make better decisions..

Novel Hawaiian communities operate similarly to native ecosystems

The discovery comes after an exhaustive examination of bird diets across Oahu and a subsequent network analysis describing bird-plant interactions on the island.

Rainforest conservation in Peru must become more effective: How the effectiveness of the National Forest Conservation Program could be increased

In their publication the scientists analyze the "National Forest Conservation Program" (NFCP).It was launched by the Peruvian government in 2010 to curb the deforestation of the rainforest..

Global warming disrupts recovery of coral reefs

"Dead corals don't make babies," said lead author Professor Terry Hughes, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University (JCU).