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Phys.org / Silkworm cultivation predates the Silk Road in southern Central Asia, ancient cocoons suggest
The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago—nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously assumed—according to new research ...
Medical Xpress / Largest genetic analysis of borderline personality disorder identifies 11 risk regions and nine genes
An international team led by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim has presented the largest genome-wide association study on borderline personality disorder to date. Data from about 13,000 affected people and ...
Phys.org / Heat is coming for Hawaiian corals, but study finds there may be time to adapt
Since the first major bleaching event in 1996, Hawaiian corals have been subject to increasing heat stress and more frequent bleaching events. New research from oceanographers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa used high-resolution ...
Phys.org / Floating igloo leaves France for polar exploration mission
A floating research station resembling a giant aluminum igloo on Sunday set out from France to begin a long-term mission in the Arctic that will see it drift with the polar ice in one of the most hostile environments.
Phys.org / Centuries before farming, hunter-gatherers introduced fish to the Norwegian mountains
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 7,000-year-old fish traps in the mountains of southern Norway, indicating that fish were intentionally introduced to upland lakes by Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers and showing ...
Medical Xpress / A mother's devotion to newborns begins in the brain, study suggests
New research has found that a hormone is responsible for making mothers' interactions with newborns feel rewarding rather than just necessary. The University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study, published in Science Advances, ...
Medical Xpress / Traveling waves in rat brains give hints about information transfer in consciousness
How and why we experience consciousness is a question that has long plagued philosophers and scientists alike. We have come to understand that, when awake, our brains organize neural information for perception, yet we completely ...
Medical Xpress / Brain cancer map uncovers thousands of hidden targets for personalized immunotherapies
Researchers from the Clinical Neuroscience Consortium (CNC), a collaborative platform jointly established by the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and Queen Mary Hospital, in collaboration with ...
Phys.org / Water-surface vortices drive tiny rotors without electricity, magnets or chemicals
Reliably generating controlled miniature rotations has long been a challenge: Chemical propulsion systems wear out, and methods that use electric or magnetic fields require complex setups. A team from KIT's Institute of Microstructure ...
Medical Xpress / Dormant pigment cells found in vitiligo patches may offer treatment target
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys melanocytes, the cells that produce the skin pigment melanin. Once the melanocytes are gone, the skin turns white, leading to the characteristic ...
Phys.org / Two-color lasers aim electron currents through semiconductor with no electric field
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a device that enables them to control the flow of electrons through a semiconductor using only laser light—no electrical power source required. The device was built to ...
Phys.org / First 3D nanoscale maps of human airway epithelium reveal hidden architecture of lung defense cells
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge in collaboration with colleagues at HHMI Janelia and NIH, have created some of the most detailed three-dimensional maps ever generated of human airway ...
