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Bees Do It, Drones Do it
No longer the stuff of science fiction and TV series, drones now can pollinate flowers.
Lights, Carbon Nitride, Bone Regeneration!
Growing stem cells on carbon nitride sheets not only activates bone-related genes, but also releases calcium ions when exposed to red light.
India Embraces Eliminate Dengue’s Wolbachia Program
India joins Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Colombia to become the sixth country in the Eliminate Dengue Program using the Wolbachia method.
Promiscuous Lamprey Engage In Sham Mating
Female lamprey can selectively release their eggs to the best mate during sham mating, researchers say.
Noradrenaline Improves Vision In Rats
Noradrenaline, a hormone and a neurotransmitter, could improve vision by targeting a very small subgroup of neurons or neural circuits in the brain.
Searching For Dark Matter With A Donut-Shaped Magnet
Scientists say that donut-shaped magnets can also look for axions, one of the particle candidates for the mysterious dark matter.
Takeda Donates US$1 Million For Cancer Research
Japanese pharmaceutical Takeda has donated US$1 million to the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fluctuating Sea Levels Threaten Southeast Asia’s Coastal Dwellers
Sea levels rose and fell two feet around 6,000 years ago in Southeast Asia, even without human-induced climate change.
Using Artificial Caterpillars To Test The ‘Enemies Hypothesis’
In tropical forests, plant diversity, plant species composition and plant structures affect the top-down control of herbivorous insects.
