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Jurassic Ichthyosaurs Divided Food Resources To Co-Exist, Researchers Find

Early Jurassic ichthyosaur juveniles show predatory specialisations, scientists at the University of Bristol have revealed.

Timely Study On Rising Groundwater Offers Hope For Drought-Stricken East Africa

New research indicates better groundwater supply management could hold the key to help combat the impact of climate change in East Africa, where countries are currently facing the worst drought and food insecurity in a generation.

The Mona Lisa Effect: How Eyespots Deter Predators That Approach From Different Directions

Chicks are intimidated by eyespots that appear to gaze at them, providing an explanation for why eyespots are often symmetrical

Largest Genome Study Provides Insight Into The Genetics Of Human Height

Researchers have discovered more than 12,000 genetic variants associated with human height in the largest known genome-wide study.

Bumblebees Revisit Favourite Flowers As Sun Sets

As the sun sets, bumblebees revisit "profitable" flowers they encountered during the day, new research suggests.

Breakthrough In Protecting Bananas From Panama Disease

Exeter scientists have provided hope in the fight to control Panama disease in bananas.

Almost every fish tested by the EPA since 2013 found to be contaminated with toxic 'forever chemical' PFOS: 'We don’t want this problem to get any worse'

A recent study found that freshwater fish are significantly more contaminated with toxic forever chemicals than compared to saltwater fish and shellfish.

The Power Of Weak Ties In Gaining New Employment

An experiment using data from 20 million LinkedIn profiles shows how much we rely on people we know less well to land new jobs.

MIT Engineers Build A Battery-Free, Wireless Underwater Camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

A New Technique Creates Greater Fidelity in Bioprinting Functional Human Tissues

UC San Diego engineers take on the light-scattering problem in a leading form of 3D-bioprinting

Hearing is Believing: Sounds Can Alter Our Visual Perception

Perception generally feels effortless. If you hear a bird chirping and look out the window, it hardly feels like your brain has done anything at all when you recognize that chirping critter on your windowsill as a bird.

The undeniable benefits of breastfeeding for the health of babies

The positive effects of breastfeeding and breast milk on the right growth, health, and development of babies are indisputable. What factors can affect the quality of this wholesome substance? And what is the optimal length of time to breastfeed? The answers are suggested by two new studies by Czech researchers from the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the CAS and the Institute of Physiology of the CAS, published in the journals Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research and Food Chemistry.

The Dangers of “Bureaucra-think”: Research Demonstrates Structural Bias and Racism in Mental Health Organizations

Bias is embedded in the very ways healthcare organizations operate, according to a study published recently in Clinical Psychological Science.

Wiggling Toward Bio-Inspired Machine Intelligence

Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.

Reprogrammable Materials Selectively Self-Assemble

Researchers create a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about what they connect with, enabling more-scalable self-assembly.

University of Utah professor heads international team exploring how to avoid transgene silencing

A key problem for mammalian biotechnology research is that transgenes, genes transferred from one organism to cells in the genome of another, can degrade over time, thus decreasing the transgene's effectiveness.

A “Door” Into The Mitochondrial Membrane

Study finds the protein MTCH2 is responsible for shuttling various other proteins into the membrane of mitochondria. The finding could have implications for cancer treatments and MTCH2-linked conditions.

Whiskers Help Nectar-Eating Bats Hover Like Hummingbirds

Extra-long hairs provide enhanced spatial information for orientation and feeding.

SalpPOOP Study Highlights Biogeochemical Importance of Zooplankton Fecal Pellets

Blooms of marine organisms transfer loads of atmospheric carbon into the deep ocean

3 Questions: How AI Image Generators Could Help Robots

Yilun Du, a PhD student and MIT CSAIL affiliate, discusses the potential applications of generative art beyond the explosion of images that put the web into creative hysterics.