Giant pandas' distinctive black and white markings provide effective camouflage, study finds
The high-contrast pattern of giant pandas helps them blend in with their natural environment.
The high-contrast pattern of giant pandas helps them blend in with their natural environment.
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2021
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A new report has exposed how children and young people are vulnerable to the growing popularity of gambling adverts on social media, prompting calls from leading experts for much tighter regulations.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2021
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Natural wood already boasts an inherently lower life cycle cost than other materials and is a naturally strong, lightweight, and durable composite material that could offer an attractive alternative to commonly used polymers, ...
Materials Science
Oct 22, 2021
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Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid other prey that carry the same markings. Developing on this understanding, a University ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2021
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New research has found that the electrical charge created by visiting bumblebees stimulates some flowers to release more of their sweet-smelling scent. This is the first time a plant has been shown to use the presence of ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2021
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The EVONANO platform allows scientists to grow virtual tumors and use artificial intelligence to automatically optimize the design of nanoparticles to treat them.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 21, 2021
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Wingtips of certain species of silkmoth are structured to reflect sound and throw off attackers, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have shown how laboratory evolution can give rise to highly efficient enzymes for new-to-nature reactions, opening the door for novel and more environmentally friendly ways to make ...
Biochemistry
Aug 19, 2021
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A new study predicts that any sea level rise in the world's most southern continent will be countered by an increase in snowfall, associated with a warmer Polar atmosphere. Using modern methods to calculate projected changes ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2021
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Oxygen-producing bacteria emerged a thousand millions years before the great oxygenation event approximately 2400 million years ago, scientists have found.
Evolution
Aug 18, 2021
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