Common weed killers favor antibiotic resistant bacteria, new study shows
The use of weed killers can increase the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil, a new study from the University of York shows.
Herbicides...
Cells use concentration gradients as a compass
Biophysicists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munch have developed a new theory, which accounts for the observation that cells can perceive their own shapes, and...
Researchers reveal the biogeographical patterns of fern diversity
Earth is home to millions of known species of plants and animals, but by no means are they distributed evenly. For instance, rainforests cover...
Quantum collaboration gives new gravity to the mysteries of the universe
Scientists have used cutting-edge research in quantum computation and quantum technology to pioneer a radical new approach to determining how our Universe works at...
3-D-printing perovskites on graphene makes next-gen X-ray detectors
Since Wilhelm Röntgen discovered them in 1895, X-rays have become a staple of medical imaging. In fact, barely a month after Röntgen's famous paper...
Termite gut microbes could aid biofuel production
Wheat straw, the dried stalks left over from grain production, is a potential source of biofuels and commodity chemicals. But before straw can be...
Low-wage workers at risk for automation: study
In a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface in January 2021, SFI External Professor Doyne Farmer, first author Maria del Rio-Chanona, and...
Climate change likely drove the extinction of North America’s largest animals
A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that the extinction of North America's largest mammals was not driven by overhunting by rapidly expanding human populations...
Random twists of place: How quiet is quantum space-time at the Planck scale
Fermilab scientists have been conducting experiments to look for quantum fluctuations of space and time at the smallest scale imaginable according to known physics....
CO2 dip may have helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland
A new paper refines estimates of when herbivorous dinosaurs must have traversed North America on a northerly trek to reach Greenland, and points out...
Membrane building blocks play decisive role in controlling cell growth
Lipids are the building blocks of a cell's envelope -- the cell membrane. In addition to their structural function, some lipids also play a...
