Bees latch on to similarly-sized nectarless flowers to unpick pollen – like keys fitting into locks, University of Stirling scientists have discovered.
Plants & Animals
Mar 22, 2017
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Nanoparticle catalysts developed by A*STAR researchers can help split water to produce hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel that provides a convenient way to store renewable energy.
Materials Science
Mar 22, 2017
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Parasites and diseases are major elements of the environment that affect animal populations. The new findings show evidence that infections in one generation can affect the survival and growth of a subsequent generation that ...
Evolution
Mar 22, 2017
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South Africa was rightly proud of its water supply achievements in the first decade of democracy after the 1994 elections.
Environment
Mar 22, 2017
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Materials scientists at the TU Darmstadt are imprinting nano-patterns in metals, a technology that could give metallic surfaces permanent functionality, like a lotus effect or reduced frictional properties.
Nanophysics
Mar 22, 2017
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On the long journey from the fruit plantation to the retailer's shelf, fruits can quickly perish. In particular, the refrigeration inside the cargo containers is not always guaranteed and existing methods for measuring the ...
Ecology
Mar 22, 2017
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A large number of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) have been found associating with the ribosome, the protein-making machinery in the cytoplasm. What the so-called 'noncoding' RNAs are doing on the ribosome, whose main job is ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 22, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found via genetic analysis that tool use by sea otters appears to go back hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. In their paper ...
A simple, green method that applies a protective coating to semiconductors could help to develop these materials for many applications, from batteries to biosensors.
Nanophysics
Mar 22, 2017
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Chitosan, a natural carbohydrate derived from crustacean shells, is showing promise as a weapon against a bacterium that annually sickens more than a million people in the United States.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 22, 2017
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