They are among nature’s best fliers, spending most of their time in flight. Now scientists have shed new light on how swifts can glide with ease, whatever the weather.
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Such detailed images of the pathogen that causes sleeping sickness inside a host are unique so far: They illustrate the manifold ways in which the parasites move inside a tsetse fly.
Lego-like assemblies should have formed relatively frequently during evolution, suggest researchers. Could this assembly method be common, or even easy to reproduce? Their answer may have implications for both biological research and nanoscience.
What, exactly, happens right around the edge of the crack, in the area in which those large stresses are concentrated? A new study explains that the processes that take place in this region are universal — they occur in the same way in different materials and under different conditions.
As the global climate changes and temperatures continue to rise, heat stress is becoming a major limiting factor for pea cultivation. A new study indicates that pea plants with some specific traits — such as longer flowering time and higher pod numbers — may be more resistant to heat stress. […]
The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef — regarded as climate change refuges — has been highlighted in a new study. The study of Eastern Australian reefs revealed coral species would likely shift their distribution southward in response to climate change.
Space age chicSpaceX By Sam Wong Space suits are getting a much-needed style makeover. Elon Musk has posted the first photo of SpaceX’s space suit, which will be worn by astronauts riding in the reusable Dragon crew capsule. Musk appears to be modelling the sleek white suit himself. It’s designed […]
FILE – In this file photo dated Wednesday March 30, 2011, showing smoke emitting from a chimney in IJmuiden, Netherlands. Environmentalists group Friends of the Earth, have gone to court Wednesday Aug. 23, 2017, to demand that the Dutch government take urgent action to improve air quality, arguing that authorities […]