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Phys.org / Waste management in spider mites reveals evolutionary insights into arthropod social behavior
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in the social spider mite Stigmaeopsis longus, a tiny herbivorous arthropod that lives in cooperative ...
Phys.org / Ancient quakes along 150-mile fault system in Nepal revealed
A common misconception about research is that it takes place in climate-controlled labs with microscopes, beakers, and Bunsen burners. While that is true for many fields, obtaining geoscience data can demand fieldwork in ...
Phys.org / K'gari's world famous lakes could be at risk of drying
K'gari is the world's largest sand island and known for its world-famous lakes, but research from the University of Adelaide has discovered its largest lakes could be vulnerable to drying.
Phys.org / Bat study shows motherhood comes with a cost, but not for all
Is it better to have children early or later in life, and does parenthood accelerate aging? Researchers at University College Dublin and the University of Bristol have tackled these questions by studying an exceptional population ...
Phys.org / New molecular view of cholera 'tail' could inform better treatment
Cholera is a deadly bacterial disease that kills about 95,000 people every year. Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect cells in the small intestine, which the bacteria can do in part due to their flagella—powerful tail-like structures ...
Phys.org / Jaw versatility enabled the ecological success of amniotes, paleontologists find
New research conducted by paleontologists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin reveals a burst in jaw variety in the earliest amniotes—which includes the ancestors of all reptiles, ...
Phys.org / Receptor with 'rubber band' paves way for new pain and cancer drugs
The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain, inflammation and some types of cancer. Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) have now discovered a mechanism that can ...
Phys.org / Why the Amazon's ability to make its own rain matters more than ever
Dr. Magali Nehemy stood on the banks of the Tapajós River in the Amazon rainforest when the community's chief—a man in his seventies who had lived there his whole life—looked out over the bare shoreline and shook his ...
Phys.org / Common aldehydes transformed by light could accelerate drug discovery and material development
A new chemical method that could speed up the creation of medicines, materials and products people rely on every day has been developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Chemistry researchers. The work, published ...
Phys.org / Seeing inside smart gels: Scientists capture dynamic behavior under stress
Advances in materials science have led to the development of "smart materials," whose properties do not remain static but change in response to external stimuli. One such material is poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), or PNIPAM, ...
Phys.org / C-Compass: AI-based software maps proteins and lipids within cells
A new tool developed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research and the University of Bonn makes spatial proteomics and lipidomics easier to use—no coding required. C-COMPASS allows scientists to profile ...
Phys.org / Fullerenes could improve MRI clarity by enabling more efficient dynamic nuclear polarization
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is invaluable in the medical world. But despite all the good it does, there is room for improvement. One way to enhance the sensitivity of MRI is dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), where ...
