A hormone secreted by fat cells can restrain the growth of liver tumors in mice, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute.
A medium-sized sauropod dinosaur inhabited the tropical lowland forested area of the Serranía del Perijá in northern Colombia approximately 175 million years ago, according to a new study by an international team of researchers published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
They are hunters, farmers, harvesters, gliders, herders, weavers and carpenters.
Marginalized social media users face disproportionate content removal from platforms, but the visibility of this online moderation is a double-edged sword.
In a series of studies over more than 20 years, University of Michigan evolutionary biologist Elizabeth Tibbetts and her colleagues have demonstrated that paper wasps, despite their tiny brains, have an impressive capacity to learn, remember and make social distinctions about others.
A peel-off patterning technique could enable more fragile organic semiconductors to be manufactured into semitransparent solar panels at scale
The biggest benchmarking data set to date for a machine learning technique designed with data privacy in mind has been released open source by researchers at the University of Michigan.
The catastrophic eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in 2022 triggered a special atmospheric wave that has eluded detection for the past 85 years
The social and cultural values of groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) on the west coast of Hawaiʻi Island were described in a new article published in Ecology & Society by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.
About 20% of all deaths worldwide are due to severe sepsis, the poisoning of the blood by infectious microorganisms. Fungal-induced sepsis, particularly that caused by the yeast Candida albicans, is the most lethal form, accounting for 5% of all microbial sepsis deaths.
The relationship between tourism and water use on Oʻahu during the COVID-19 pandemic is described in a new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.
Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require
Pre-treatment with ethanol activates molecular processes that could allow crops to tolerate a warming world
A powerful LED can efficiently disinfect surfaces, while remaining safe for humans
The normal, symmetric formation of the vertebrate eyes is coordinated by a molecular sensor that responds to mechanical force
Ethanol can help plants survive in times of drought says a new study conducted at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan
An international team led by researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) has engineered a system for creating remote controlled cyborg cockroaches, equipped with a tiny wireless control module that is powered by a rechargeable battery attached to a solar cell.
Researchers explore how terahertz waves, which are finding use in an expanding range of practical applications, interact with lenses with bull’s-eye patterns
Using half-sized eggs provides an avenue for childbearing in mice
New research published in Current Biology on September 13 demonstrates the importance of carrying crying infants rather than simply holding them.