When it comes to choosing a partner, humans tend to be attracted by characteristics like personality and common interests. In contrast, insects tend to be a bit shallow, as they choose a mate based on appearance, and in some ...
Ecology
Apr 8, 2021
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The relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria living in its light organ has been studied for decades as a model of symbiosis. Now researchers have used a powerful chemical analysis tool ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2021
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A team led by Vanderbilt engineers has achieved the ability to transmit two different types of optical signals across a single chip at the same time.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 2, 2021
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Dropping a cell phone can sometimes cause superficial cracks to appear. But other times, the device can stop working altogether because fractures develop in the material that stores data. Now, researchers reporting in ACS ...
Materials Science
Dec 2, 2020
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First introduced into wide use in the middle of the 20th century, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has since become an indispensable technique for examining materials down to their atoms, revealing molecular structure and ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 16, 2020
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Much like investors in the stock market, cell populations prepare for changes in the environment by spreading the risk. The tool box they use contains a repertoire of sensory receptors on the surface of individual cells. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2020
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Octopuses have captured the human imagination for centuries, inspiring sagas of sea monsters from Scandinavian kraken legends to TV's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and, most recently, Netflix's less-threatening "My Octopus ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2020
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Human eggs use chemical signals to attract sperm. New research from Stockholm University and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust shows that eggs use these chemical signals to choose sperm. Different women's eggs attract ...
Evolution
Jun 9, 2020
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Early detection of tumors is extremely important in treating cancer. A new technique developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis offers a significant advance in using magnetic resonance imaging to pick ...
Bio & Medicine
May 25, 2020
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Stanislav Shvartsman dreams of modeling every minuscule interaction in the embryo in all its tortuous detail.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 27, 2020
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