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All The Better To Smell You With
Elephants, not dogs, have the most number of olfactory receptor genes, study shows.
Hummingbirds Turned Savory Into Sweet
Scientists have unraveled the mystery of how hummingbirds detect sugars without sweet-taste receptors—they use modified savory receptors instead.
Soft Tissue X-Ray Could Help Cystic Fibrosis Patients
A new X-ray system that allows the imaging of soft tissue could be used to non-invasively track the effectiveness of treatments for cystic fibrosis.
ZAI Lab Licenses Respiratory Disease Drugs From Sanofi
ZAI Lab has acquired the license for two pre-clinical drugs for chronic respiratory diseases.
Heparin Treatment Does Not Prevent Pregnancy Complications
Not only is heparin treatment expensive and painful, scientists now find that it is ineffective at preventing blood clotting complications in pregnant women.
Is China’s 50% C-Section Rate Too High?
A commentary examines the reasons behind China's unusually high cesarean delivery rates.
Change Coagulant To Save Sewers
An extensive survey and sampling campaign pinpoints aluminium sulfate coagulants as the cause of sewage corrosion.
Dynamic Imaging At Four Trillion Frames Per Second
The STAMP camera can capture images at four trillion frames a second without the need for repetitive measurements.
Laser Makes Microscopes Way Cooler
Using lasers to cool a nanowire probe makes atomic-force microscopy 20 times more sensitive, scientists say.
