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New Artificial Enzyme Breaks Down Tough Lignin

Woody lignin, seen here in purified form, holds significant promise as a renewable biofuel, if it can be efficiently broken down into useful form. (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Some Nomadic Birds Look for Social Cues to Stop Migrating

Pine siskins are nomadic migratory birds who appear to take social cues from other birds when deciding to stop migrating. Photo by RT-Images on iStock.

Researchers Take First Step Towards Controlling Photosynthesis Using Mirrors

With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team has managed to use light more efficiently.

Hydrogen Production Method Opens Up Clean Fuel Possibilities

Postdoctoral researcher Jamie Kee and Professor Su Ha and the novel reactor they developed to produce pure compressed hydrogen

AI Predicts Infant Age, Gender Based on Temperament

A new study in PLOS ONE used machine learning to analyze temperament data on 4,438 babies in an attempt to classify the infants by gender and age.

Disposable Masks Could Be Used to Make More Durable Concrete

The WSU researchers developed a process to fabricate tiny mask fibers, ranging from five to 30 millimeters in length, and then added them to cement concrete to strengthen it and to prevent its cracking.

Differences In Male And Female Ostriches Could Explain How They Form Groups

Males and females are affected in different ways by cooperation and competition in social groups – something that could determine which group sizes work best.

Less Bird Diversity In City Forests

A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds

Hands In People With Diabetes More Often Affected By Trigger Finger

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population

Aggressively Patriarchal Worldview Attracted Swedish Women To IS

Contrary to popular belief, Swedish women who have joined IS were not simply passively manipulated by men.

Astronomers Identify Likely Location of Medium‑sized Black Holes

Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find, but a new study indicates there may be some at the center of dense star clusters located throughout the universe.

From Computer to Benchtop: Wsu Researchers Find Clues to New Mechanisms for Coronaviruses Infections

A group of bat viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 can also infect human cells but uses a different and unknown entryway.

Researchers Find a New Way to Measure Flying Baseballs

As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, a burning question for many fans of the third most popular sport in the United States is how many home runs they will see this season.

Honey Holds Potential for Making Brain-Like Computer Chips

Honey might be a sweet solution for developing environmentally friendly components for neuromorphic computers, systems designed to mimic the neurons and synapses found in the human brain.

Rapid adaptation in fruit flies has evolutionary implications

Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies.

Researchers Provide First Step Toward Optimal Biofuels Production

A long-overlooked first step in developing sustainable aviation fuels is to begin with the right configuration of molecular ingredients.

Better Living Through Multicellular Life Cycles

Researchers reveal how an algae-eating bacterium solves an environmental engineering challenge.

A Programming Language For Hardware Accelerators

Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.

Strawberries Were Smaller When Bees Ingested Pesticides

Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower

Study Reveals Flaws In Popular Genetic Method

The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden.