You may be familiar with yeast as the organism content to turn carbs into products like bread and beer when left to ferment in the dark. In these cases, exposure to light can hinder or even spoil the process. In a new study published in Current Biology, researchers in Georgia Tech’s School of Biological Sciences … Read more
Hebbian dynamics produce power–law connection strengths. Credit:bioRxiv (2022). DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.30.494086 A study by physicists and neuroscientists from the University of Chicago, Harvard and Yale describes how connectivity among neurons comes about through general principles of networking and self-organization, rather than the biological features of an individual organism. The study, titled “Heavy–tailed neuronal connectivity arises from … Read more
Whether it is an elegant swish or a furious oscillation, tail wagging is ubiquitous among dogs. Now researchers have suggested it may have become commonplace during canine domestication because humans love its rhythm. It is thought humans domesticated dogs sometime between 15,000 and 50,000 years ago – a process that has led to a fervent … Read more
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter This Morning viewers were left baffled by a recent interview featuring three new Gladiators, as Viper refused to answer any questions that were put to him. On Tuesday (16 January), Viper– real name … Read more
Ethylene is sometimes called the most important chemical in the petrochemical industry because it serves as the feedstock for a huge range of everyday products. It’s used in the production of antifreeze, vinyl, synthetic rubber, foam insulation, and plastics of all kinds. Currently, ethylene is produced through an energy- and resource-intensive process called steam cracking, … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Japan, whose unmanned “sniper” probe will attempt a lunar landing on Saturday, is one of many countries and private companies launching new missions to the moon. It is a feat so far only achieved by four nations—the United States, the Soviet Union, China and most recently India—with spacecraft often losing communication … Read more
One sweltering evening in 2020 during the first lockdown, as we sat drinking wine in the shed at the end of the garden, my husband and I came to the surprise decision to finish our 17-year relationship. “It’s the end of the line, isn’t it?” I ventured. “I know,” he replied, looking down at his … Read more
The high number of cases in the UK also reflects the difficulty of eradicating an outbreak, says Jo Middleton, a research fellow at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, who is involved in scabies research in the UK and around the globe. Bedding and furniture need to be completely decontaminated, while medicines like permethrin are not … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A cold snap has seen the UK blanketed in snow as plunging temperatures reach lows of -10C in parts of the country. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an amber health … Read more
“Soft robots,” medical devices and implants, and next-generation drug delivery methods could soon be guided with magnetism — thanks to a metal-free magnetic gel developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany. The material is the first in which carbon-based, magnetic molecules are chemically … Read more
