Bottlenose dolphins ‘smile’ at each other while playing
Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they — and other marine mammals — communicate during playtime. […]
Biochemistry
Spinning out a new biomaterials startup is harder than you think
Today, entrepreneurship is everywhere, including science. Engineers and scientists often apply their research to a product or service and use
Neuroscience breakthrough: Entire brain of adult fruit fly mapped
A Princeton-led team of scientists has built the first neuron-by-neuron and synapse-by-synapse roadmap through the brain of an adult fruit
New images of RSV may expose stubborn virus’s weak points
The complex shape of respiratory syncytial virus is one hurdle limiting the development of treatments for an infection that leads
Different adaptation strategies to saline soils identified in neighboring populations of the same plant species
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have identified two divergent adaptive responses to soil salinity in populations of
‘Who’s a good boy?’ Humans use dog-specific voices for better canine comprehension
The voice people use to address their dogs isn’t just because of their big puppy eyes. Humans slow their own
Traveling population wave in Canada lynx
A new study by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Institute of Arctic Biology provides compelling evidence that Canada
Forest loss forces langur species to interbreed
Research of the German Primate Center — Leibniz Institute for Primate Research — shows a threatening development for two endangered
Megadiverse flowering plant family on isolated islands
Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants which includes daisies, sunflowers and asters, are the most diverse group of flowering plants