Antarctic ‘greening’ at dramatic rate
Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades, new research shows. The […]
Biochemistry
Neuroscientists spark shelter-seeking response by reactivating memory circuit
Using a sophisticated brain-imaging system, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully reactivated a specific memory circuit in
Study of monkey fossils found in cave sheds light on the animals’ extinction centuries ago
By studying rare monkey fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers
Zooplankton play limited role in cleaning contaminated water
Scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso and Stanford University were recently surprised to find that the natural
2-billion-year-old rock home to living microbes
Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the
Drier winter habitat impacts songbirds’ ability to survive migration
A new study from researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) shows environmental conditions in migratory
Scientists uncover auditory ‘sixth sense’ in geckos
University of Maryland biologists identified a hidden sensory talent in geckos that’s shaking up what we thought we knew about
New findings supply corrective to evolutionary hypothesis
For decades, researchers have observed that rates of evolution seem to accelerate over short time periods — say five million
Promising ‘first’ in Alzheimer’s drug development
An international team of researchers led by Lancaster University have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to