Mindfully Curated
Scientists have published a global study on the effectiveness of protected areas in preventing deforestation. The study explored the success of country-level protected areas at reducing forest loss, and used machine learning to uncover some of the fact…
New research shows how control over self-propelled microswimmers could be achieved using exotic materials named ‘nematic liquid crystals’ – whose viscosity and elasticity can vary depending on the direction of an applied force.
New research has identified the processes that underpin the trajectories of microplastics below the ocean surface. The authors analyzed how biofouling — the accumulation of algae on the surface of microplastics — impacts the vertical movement of buoy…
As the complexity of radiation therapy has grown, so too has the amount of data that goes into treatment machines. With more data comes more opportunity for errors in data transfer. A medical physics researcher is working to make those errors less like…
Two very different teams of scientists have worked together to reveal important insights into how we sense texture by looking at the whiskers of a rat.
A new study shows that a diet rich in isoflavone, a phytoestrogen or plant-based compound that resembles estrogen, protects against multiple sclerosis-like symptoms in a mouse model of the disease. Importantly, the isoflavone diet was only protective w…
Australian reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fueled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.
Museum specimens held in natural history collections around the world represent a wealth of underutilized genetic information due to the poor state of preservation of the DNA, which often makes it difficult to sequence. An international team has optimi…
A research team revealed a newly developed hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine interface.
Every year, thousands of dogs end up in a shelter in the Netherlands. Experts expect an increase in this number in the upcoming period, when people go back to the office after working from home during the corona crisis. Despite the good care of staff a…
Researchers revealed how non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can develop into a life-threatening complication. Their discovery will accelerate the search for therapeutic solutions.
Many people react to contact allergens, but some patients develop rashes and itching much faster than others. Previously the scientists were unable to explain why, but now researchers have outlined an entire new subgroup of allergic reactions which exp…
New research suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn’t really happen.