Using shark scales to design better drones, planes, and wind turbines
To build more aerodynamic machines, researchers are drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: the ocean.
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Study sheds new light on antibiotics produced by ants
Ants, like humans, deal with disease. To deal with the bacteria that cause some of these diseases, some ants produce their own antibiotics. A new comparative study identified some ant species that make use of powerful antimicrobial ...
Rainforest collapse 307 million years ago impacted the evolution of early land vertebrates
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that the mass extinction seen in plant species caused by the onset of a drier climate 307 million years ago led to extinctions of some groups of tetrapods, the first ...
China's need to turn milk green
China will need more than three times as much milk by 2050 as it produced in 2010 and, without changes to its current supply lines, the demand will lift global greenhouse gas emissions from dairy herds by 35%, expand dairy ...
Shoals of sticklebacks differ in their collective personalities
Research from the University of Cambridge has revealed that, among schooling fish, groups can have different collective personalities, with some shoals sticking closer together, being better coordinated, and showing clearer ...
Cockroach ancient geographic and genomic history traced back to last supercontinent
Cockroaches are so hardy, a popular joke goes, that they've occupied the Earth long before humans first appeared —-and will probably even outlast us long after we have annihilated each other by nuclear war.
Will Disney's streaming service roar - or squeak?
Will Disney's upcoming streaming services be the mouse that roared ... or squeaked?
Snapback for Snap on upside revenue surprise
Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. saw a big snapback in shares Tuesday as the youth-oriented social network reported stronger-than-expected revenue growth.
Foxconn putting US headquarters in Milwaukee
Foxconn Technology Group says it will establish a U.S. headquarters in Milwaukee as part of a massive investiment it is making in an electronics manufacturing plant in southeast Wisconsin.
Study finds cleaner ship fuels will reduce childhood asthma by 3.6 percent globally
Marine shipping fuels will get a whole lot cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires fuels to contain 80-86 percent less sulphur.
