New extinct carnivorous marsupial discovered
Illustration showing size comparison of Australian marsupials including new extinct species of carnivorous marsupial, Whollydooleya tomnpatrichorum, from New Riversleigh fossil site in Queensland.Credit: Illustration:...
Self-healing textiles not only repair themselves, but can neutralize chemicals
SRT coated fabric self-heals. From left, fabric with hole, wet fabric and patch in a drop of water, self-healed fabric. Credit: Demirel Lab /...
Playing action video games boosts visual motor skill underlying driving
Playing action-based video games may boost players' ability to coordinate incoming visual information with their motor control, a skill critical to many real-world behaviors...
Nottingham researchers show novel technique that can ‘taste’ DNA
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to selectively sequence fragments of DNA in real...
1.6 million childbearing women could be at risk of Zika virus infection, study suggests
Research by scientists in the US and UK has estimated that up to 1.65 million childbearing women in Central and South America could become...
New index reveals likelihood of terrestrial or aquatic lifestyles of extinct mammals
Paleoparadoxia (left: Desmostylia, Paenungulata) and Ambulocetus (right: Cetacea, Cetartiodactyla) in two different ways of reconstructions -- top: terrestrial/semi-aquatic; bottom: obligate aquatic.Credit: Fujiwara
Despite the extensive...
DNA analyses reveal genetic identities of world’s first farmers
Conducting the first large-scale, genome-wide analyses of ancient human remains from the Near East, an international team led by Harvard Medical School has illuminated...
Historic find: A statue of an egyptian official at tel-hazor in israel
The monumental Egyptian statute of a high official from the Middle Kingdom in Egypt, found in the administrative palace at Hazor, north of the...
New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency, longevity
In a new concept for battery cathodes, nanometer-scale particles made of lithium and oxygen compounds (depicted in red and white) are embedded in a...
Added bacterial film makes new mortar resistant to water uptake
The surface of the hybrid mortar (left) is covered with tiny crystalline spikes. This results in what is called the lotus effect. On untreated...
3 in 10 women able to conceive naturally after infertility treatment
Women who have IVF/ICSI infertility treatments have a 29% chance of conceiving naturally within six years of the cessation of treatments. These are the...
