Cheaper hydrogen fuel cell could mean better green energy options
Researchers have developed a hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of rare and costly platinum, enabling greater use of the technology.
‘I know this song!’ Evolutionary keys to musical perception
When we hear a song that we already know, we can identify it even if it is not an exact version of the original....
Scientists have discovered how bloodworms make their unique copper teeth
Bloodworms are known for their unusual fang-like jaws, which are made of protein, melanin, and concentrations of copper not found elsewhere in the animal...
Automated nutrition app can help people follow healthier diet
People could benefit from fully automated personal nutritional advice, as a new research paper shows that an app improved healthy diet in clinical trials.
A new era of mitochondrial genome editing has begun
A new era of mitochondrial genome editing has begun. Scientists successfully achieve A to G base conversion, the final missing piece of the puzzle...
These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get...
After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with a female, they quickly launch themselves away, researchers report. Using a mechanism that hadn't...
Using AI to detect cancer from patient data securely
A new way of using artificial intelligence to predict cancer from patient data without putting personal information at risk has been developed. Swarm learning...
Study identifies gaps in monitoring of streams
'We find that gauges are located disproportionally in large, perennial rivers draining more human-occupied watersheds,' the authors write in their paper, which will be...
Omicron prompted spike in COVID cases in pregnant women, but fewer hospitalizations
Women who were pregnant during the recent Omicron surge were diagnosed with COVID-19 at a much higher rate than during previous phases of the...
Researchers discover drug-resistant environmental mold is capable of infecting people
A new study finds that drug-resistant mold is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people's lungs.
