Mindfully Curated
The first-ever Africa-wide assessment of great apes — gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees — finds that human factors, including roads, population density and GDP, determine abundance more than ecological factors such as forest cover.
With age, the human heart gradually loses its ability to repair itself following injury. Damage wrought by injuries such as cardiac ischemia and heart attack, which are associated with decreased oxygen levels in the heart, can cause the heart to functi…
Researchers have used high-density nanofibers that mimic the microenvironment of the brain to capture tumor cells, opening doors to novel therapeutic solutions for aggressive brain cancer.
Scientists have created wearable, stitchable, and sensitive sensors from flexible polymers and bundles of carbon fibre. Like our skin, these sensors respond to pressure and can measure body position and movement. They could be used to measure disease p…
Tap water produces a natural protective shield against harmful microplastics, which can help prevent household products such as plastic kettles from releasing them.
Scientists believe they have found the earliest evidence for complex herd behavior in dinosaurs. Researchers say Mussaurus patagonicus may have lived in herds some 193 million years ago — 40 million years earlier than other records of dinosaur herding.
Scientists have taken a holistic approach to find that concrete alone doesn’t make urban water ecosystem services sustainable.
Researchers have developed ‘mini brains’ that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and dementia — and for the first time have been able to grow these for almost a year.
What if we could identify proteins as easily as we can sequence DNA and RNA? Perhaps soon we will, thanks to new DNA Nanoswitch Calipers. DNA Calipers create a unique ‘fingerprint’ for peptides (the building blocks of proteins) by repeatedly applying f…
A team has updated its asteroid bombardment model of the Earth with the latest geologic evidence of ancient, large collisions. These models have been used to understand how impacts may have affected oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere in the Archea…
As more people travel into space, experts expect more physicians will see patients with space travel-related pain.
Scientists studying the most common and aggressive type of brain tumour in adults have discovered a new way of analysing diseased and healthy cells from the same patient.
While analyzing some of the world’s oldest colored gemstones, researchers discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life, encased in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby.
New images have revealed detailed clues about how the first stars and structures were formed in the Universe and suggest the formation of the Galaxy got off to a fitful start.
African grey parrots may be better able than macaws to delay gratification — rejecting an immediate reward in favour of a better one in the future — according to a new study.
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have been pinpointed by scientists.