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Phys.org / Water samples from whale-watching tours can enable noninvasive population monitoring
Effective and noninvasive whale and biodiversity monitoring is now possible with the help of citizen scientists, opening up new opportunities for marine conservation. Water samples collected during whale-watching tours contain ...
Medical Xpress / Syntax on the brain: Researchers map how we build sentences, word by word
In a recent study published in Communications Psychology, researchers from NYU led by Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at NYU Tandon and Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Adeen Flinker and Postdoctoral ...
Phys.org / Long-held belief about shape of fish schools overturned—fish swim in 3D 'ladder' formation, not flat diamonds
For 50 years, scientists believed that schools of fish would save the most energy by swimming in flat diamond formations. Recently, a team of researchers at Princeton and Harvard ran an experiment to check this assumption.
Phys.org / Sharks freeze when you turn them upside down—and there's no good reason why
Imagine watching your favorite nature documentary. The predator lunges rapidly from its hiding place, jaws wide open, and the prey … suddenly goes limp. It looks dead.
Phys.org / Solving the mystery of an ancient enzyme could lead to new carbon capture strategies
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered important new clues in the mystery of how an ancient enzyme can turn atmospheric carbon into biomolecules, a natural process that could be helpful ...
Tech Xplore / High-performance memory devices can dissolve in water to address e-waste problem
The use of electronics in various forms is on the rise, from wearable devices like smartwatches to implantable devices like body-implanted sensors, skin-worn smart patches, and disposable monitoring devices. These devices, ...
Phys.org / Rice rebels: Research reveals grain's brewing benefits
Christian Schubert and Scott Lafontaine are fighting an old prejudice: that rice doesn't belong in beer. Now they've got the research to upend that ancient bit of brewing snobbery.
Medical Xpress / Study shows supportive housing offers high-impact, cost-effective response to homelessness and opioid use
Homelessness and opioid use disorder are two widespread public health problems in the United States. Providing housing and supportive services, without requiring drug treatment, is a surprisingly cost-effective approach to ...
Phys.org / Synthetic 'killswitch' uncovers hidden world of cellular condensates
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics have developed a novel synthetic micropeptide termed the "killswitch" to selectively immobilize proteins within cellular condensates, unveiling crucial connections ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists create functional 3D-printed human islets for type 1 diabetes treatment
A team of international scientists has made a major leap forward in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional human islets using a novel bioink. Presented today at the ESOT Congress 2025, the new technology ...
Phys.org / Combining archaeology and genetics may shed light on how ideas traveled further than people in Anatolia
The transition to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle is one of the great turning points in human history. Yet how this Neolithic way of life spread from the Fertile Crescent across Anatolia and into the Aegean has been ...
Medical Xpress / Crohn's disease investigational treatment shows potential for achieving remission
Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed an investigational therapy that brought a significant number of patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease into remission, according to a new study published in The Lancet Gastroenterology ...
