Scientists find ‘molecular destruction code’ for enzyme involved in cholesterol production
A team of UNSW scientists at the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences led by Professor Andrew Brown have shown how a key enzyme...
A ‘high-heeled’ dinosaur that walked on its tiptoes
A 24-tonne dinosaur may have walked in a 'high-heeled' fashion, according to University of Queensland research.
UQ Ph.D. candidate Andréas Jannel and colleagues from UQ's...
Scientists propose rethinking ‘endangered species’ definition to save slow-breeding giants
Conservation decisions based on population counts may fail to protect large, slow-breeding animals from irrevocable decline, according to new research coinciding with Endangered Species...
Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa's southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first...
Manipulating atoms one at a time with an electron beam
The ultimate degree of control for engineering would be the ability to create and manipulate materials at the most basic level, fabricating devices atom...
Ultra-clean fabrication platform produces nearly ideal 2-D transistors
Semiconductors, which are the basic building blocks of transistors, microprocessors, lasers, and LEDs, have driven advances in computing, memory, communications, and lighting technologies since...
Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a specialised population of skin cells that coordinate tail regeneration in frogs. These 'Regeneration-Organizing Cells' help...
‘Ant bridge’-inspired nanoparticle assembly fixes broken electrical circuits
Colonies of social insects are capable of self-organizing and accomplishing complex tasks through individual interactions. For example, to march across large gaps, ants grip...
New Horizons team publishes first Kuiper Belt flyby science results
NASA's New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object...
Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor
Your mother was right; broccoli is good for you.
Long associated with decreased risk of cancer, broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables -- the family of...
How we make complex decisions
When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions. For example, when deciding how to treat...
