Scientists Fired at 5-Feet Monkeys Thinking They Were Nepal’s Yetis

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 04.02.2022 23:18 PM

Two scientists described how they encountered a troop of Yeti monkeys described as “monstrous.” Know more about the monkeys’ characteristics here.

New Projects Seek Knowledge in Welfare Biology with $500k in Funding

03.22.2022 15:07 PM

The emerging field of wild animal welfare research asks, “What is life like for wild animals, and how can we help?”

The Sins Of The Fathers: How What Your Father Ate Could Determine Who You Are

02.10.2022 10:02 AM

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology in Mainz, Germany, have made a breakthrough discovery proving that what a father eats or experiences can affect his offspring through molecules called RNAs, which are packaged into "granules" in his sperm.

Scientists Discover New Hydrothermal Vents And Possible New Species In The Gulf Of California

11.18.2021 21:37 PM

International team of scientists work together in Mexican waters to understand connections between hydrothermal vents and their associated systems.

Turn Your Smartphone Camera Into a Biomechanics Lab Using an Innovative App

11.18.2021 20:44 PM

Innovative app- ProPlayAI uses data-driven metrics to improve player performance. Every day, kids are practicing to get better at the game they love. They take instruction from coaches, run through drills, do exercises, and get advice on nutrition.

The Worlds Next Door: Looking For Habitable Planets Around Alpha Centauri

11.17.2021 23:26 PM

Could life survive around the nearest stars? This project aims to find out. (Photo : Rubenstein ) Simulated image of the Alpha Centauri system, as could be viewed by the TOLIMAN telescope.

VinFuture Foundation Hosts Public Dialogue About 'Renewable Energy & New Materials For The Future' With Nobel-Winning Professor

11.10.2021 02:42 AM

VinFuture Foundation will hold its Online Science Dialogue series' second installment discussing "Renewable energy and new materials for the future" on November 12th, 2021. The Dialogue will see the attendance of world-class scientists, most notably Professor Konstantin (Kostya) Sergeevich Novoselov, a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics. The event is aimed at bringing science and technology closer to the general public with solutions that have high real-world applicability.

Elastic Ice Microfibers: Scientists Believe They Can Help Detect Air Pollution

07.11.2021 21:46 PM

Scientists have recently introduced a new invention in which they were able to develop what they named "elastic ice microfibers," thin ice strands that can bend and curl.

Trained Bees Detect Coronavirus? Scientists Use These Insects to Identify COVID-19 Through Smell

05.07.2021 06:10 AM

Scientists in the Netherlands have trained bees so they can identify COVID-19 using their sense of smell, a Wageningen University press release specified.

Pioneers in Research on Migraine Treatment Win Approximately $US1.5M, World’s Top Brain Prize

03.05.2021 04:40 AM

Denmark-based Lundbeck Foundation announced that a four-member team of scientists, namely Peter Goadsby, Lars Edvinsson, Jes Olesen, and Michael Moskowitz, had won the Brain prize amounting to approximately US$1.5 million.

Is it Safe to Mix COVID-19 Vaccines from Different Makers?

01.13.2021 22:14 PM

Experts say every effort should be made to give patients the same vaccine, although where this is impossible, it is better to administer a second dose of another vaccine than none at all.

Scientists Develop Rust-Disease Resistant Wheat

01.05.2021 13:31 PM

Scientists are currently developing wheat capable of resisting a new variant of rust disease, which threatens large losses to Australia's six-billion-dollar annual grain crop.

Cyberattack Could Trick Scientists Into Producing Dangerous Toxins or Viruses

12.07.2020 19:00 PM

SciTech Daily recently reported the discovery of an "end-to-end cyber-biological attack" in which unaware biologists may be deceived into producing hazardous toxins in their laboratories.

‘Dim the Sun’ to Save the Earth. Would It Work?

11.25.2020 19:00 PM

Emitting reflective particles into the atmosphere could eventually save the Earth from climate change.

Arecibo Radio Telescope Soon to End 57 Years of Service

11.20.2020 18:00 PM

The famous Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which has provided priceless service to scientists for more than five decades, is set for dismantling after incurring irreparable damage.

Scientists Freeze Ship in the Arctic to Study Climate Change

10.16.2019 05:21 AM

In an attempt to bridge the knowledge gap in the Arctic's climate system, scientists prepare to be marooned in the frozen Arctic Ocean for a full year.

Scientists Created a Pair of Autofocal Lenses to Correct Vision of People with Presbyopia

07.10.2019 08:59 AM

The prototype from the Stanford works much like the lens of the eye, with fluid-filled lenses that bulge and thin as the field of vision changes

Scientists Conceive Fast Method for ‘Direct Evolution’ of Molecules

07.09.2019 09:21 AM

The team set up conditions so that the only mutant genes to thrive are the ones encoding proteins capable of accomplishing the desired function within the cells including activating a particular receptor or switching on specific genes

OHSU Research Could Lead to New Therapies to Heal Nervous System Disorders

07.06.2019 10:18 AM

Researchers discovered an unexpected characteristic such as individual Schwann cells began spreading myelin across many axons

Scientists Made a Surprising Discovery of Undersea Fresh Water Aquifer off US Northeast

06.22.2019 09:39 AM

Researchers noted that they knew there was fresh water down there in isolated places, but they did not know the extent or geometry

Scientists are Closer than Ever to a Norovirus Vaccine

06.20.2019 15:45 PM

The most significant discovery of this research is a human antibody that can bind to a highly conserved region of the virus common among different strains of norovirus, potentially neutralizing all GII.4 strains of norovirus that exist in nature