(Phys.org) —A new species of fungus that causes life-threatening infections in humans and cats has been discovered by a University of Sydney researcher.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

20 hours ago 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies' blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host's defenses.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 20, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 1 |

A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device proposed by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University that would detect elusive gravity waves from the ...

Physics - General Physics

May 16, 2013 4.3 / 5 (24) 21 |

An international team of physicists, including researchers from the Universities of York and St. Andrews, has demonstrated that chaos can beat order - at least as far as light storage is concerned.

Physics - Optics & Photonics

May 07, 2013 4.1 / 5 (9) 3 |

A study of tentacle-formation in a sea anemone shows how epithelial cells form elongated structures and puts the spotlight on a new model organism.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 02, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0 |

An assortment of saber-toothed cats, hyenas, an extinct 'bear-dog', ancestors of the red panda and several other carnivores died under unusual circumstances in a Spanish cave near Madrid approximately 9-10 ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 01, 2013 4.7 / 5 (14) 3 |

By bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred ultraprecise time signals through open air with unprecedented ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 2 |

In an advance toward solving a 50-year-old mystery, scientists are reporting new evidence on how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth decay. ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2

(Phys.org) —In most demonstrations of quantum teleportation between remote atomic qubits, the atoms exist in free space. In a new study, scientists have discovered that trapping the atoms in optical cavities ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Apr 16, 2013 4.4 / 5 (36) 15 |

For the first time, researchers from the Centre for Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich together with colleagues abroad have been able to provide evidence of periodontitis, tooth decay and accident-related ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Ultrafast supercomputers that operate at speeds 100 times faster than current systems are now one step closer to reality. A team of IBM researchers working on a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Mar 12, 2013 4.3 / 5 (4) 2

(Phys.org) —In the strange world of quantum mechanics, the vacuum state (sometimes referred to as the quantum vacuum, simply as the vacuum) is a quantum system's lowest possible energy state. While not ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (23) 139 |

If engineers at Stanford have their way, biological research may soon be transformed by a new class of light-emitting probes small enough to be injected into individual cells without harm to the host. Welcome ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 13, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 3 |

Theoretical physicist Moumita Maiti and colleagues at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India, have now implemented an algorithm for analysing void space in sphere ...

Physics - Soft Matter

Feb 01, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0

Male sparrows are capable of fighting to the death. But a new study shows that they often wave their wings wildly first in an attempt to avoid a dangerous brawl.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 29, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |