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Honey bees fend off giant hornets with animal dung
What's the best way to ward off giant hornets if you're a honeybee? Animal dung, according to a first-ever University of Guelph study.
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New gene family of antimicrobial proteins discovered in German cockroaches
Researchers from The Institute for Integrative Systems Biology have discovered a new gene family of antimicrobial peptides (small proteins) –the Blattellicins– in a German...
Righting a wrong, nuclear physicists improve precision of neutrino studies
Led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a new study clears up a discrepancy regarding the biggest contributor of unwanted background...
Faraday fabrics? MXene-coated fabric could contain electronic interference in wearable devices
Researchers at Drexel University's College of Engineering have reported that fabric coated with a conductive, two-dimensional material called MXene, is highly effective at blocking...
Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer
A promising approach to treating cancer—called targeted alpha-particle therapy or TAT—could better harness the curative power of radiation treatments and lessen the severity of...
Physicists create time-reversed optical waves
Optics researchers from The University of Queensland and Nokia Bell Labs in the US have developed a new technique to demonstrate the time reversal...
Sheets of carbon nanotubes come in a rainbow of colors
Nanomaterials researchers in Finland, the United States and China have created a color atlas for 466 unique varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
The nanotube color...
Ocean heatwave has triggered new toxic algal blooms on the US...
Fishermen, swimmers, and seafood enthusiasts may already know the dangers of “red tides,” but a recent study in Frontiers in Climate shows that climate change is...
Research reveals unexpected insights into early dinosaur’s brain, eating habits and...
A pioneering reconstruction of the brain belonging to one of the earliest dinosaurs to roam the Earth has shed new light on its possible...
A technique to sift out the universe’s first gravitational waves
In the moments immediately following the Big Bang, the very first gravitational waves rang out. The product of quantum fluctuations in the new soup...
Prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ discovered on English Channel Coast is identified as...
A mysterious small marine reptile dating from 150 million years ago has been identified as a new species that may have been capable of...
