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Plants & Animals Aug 6, 2024

Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African landscapes

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The risk? Contained populations ...

Social Sciences Aug 6, 2024

Girls more anxious about climate change than boys, study shows

Girls are more likely to worry about climate change and engage more in teaching on the topic than boys, according to research led by UCL.

Molecular & Computational biology Aug 6, 2024

New open-source platform for high-resolution spatial transcriptomics

A team of researchers from the lab of Prof. Stein Aerts (VIB-KU Leuven) presents Nova-ST, a new spatial transcriptomics technique that promises to transform gene expression profiling in tissue samples. Nova-ST will make large-scale, ...

Archaeology Aug 6, 2024

Wrestling with bulls, meat-only diets and sex bans: How the ancient Olympians prepared

The Greek historian Arrian (c. 86–160 AD) said he appreciated the glory of victory at an Olympic games, but also warned it was very difficult to achieve:

Nanophysics Aug 6, 2024

New X-ray world record: Looking inside a microchip with 4 nanometer precision

In a collaboration with EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich and the University of Southern California researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have used X-rays to look inside a microchip with higher precision than ever before. ...

Plants & Animals Aug 6, 2024

Researchers discover optimum twilight time for plant growth

A team of researchers has gained insight into the genetic processes underpinning how plants detect twilight and the role twilight plays in plant growth.

Biotechnology Aug 6, 2024

New technology protects crops by testing the air for the DNA of plant diseases

Plant infections can now be detected in our crops before they're even visible.

Analytical Chemistry Aug 6, 2024

Novel machine learning-based cluster analysis method that leverages target material property

In materials science, substances are often classified based on defining factors such as their elemental composition or crystalline structure. This classification is crucial for advances in materials discovery, as it allows ...

Social Sciences Aug 6, 2024

Study highlights missed opportunities to engage male perpetrators of violence against women

In the midst of the national crisis of men's violence against women in Australia, a new Monash University report reveals new evidence on the urgent need to improve men's engagement in behavior change programs.

Social Sciences Aug 6, 2024

New book explores emergence of touch-based language in DeafBlind communities

As deaf individuals lost their sight in the DeafBlind community that Asst. Prof. Terra Edwards was studying, she discovered that an entirely new language had emerged—one that doesn't try to negotiate with a seeing world, ...

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