Why uncertainty makes us change our behavior — even when we shouldn’t
‘Panic buying’ might be a normal human response to uncertainty after all, new research suggests.
Buffer zones, better regulation needed to prevent agricultural pollution in rivers, streams, review finds
Greater buffer zones around bodies of water and more consistent enforcement of water protection regulations are needed to reduce agriculture-based pollution in the Western U.S., a recent review has found.
Differentiating strong antibiotic producers from weaker ones
Biologists are using comparative metabologenomics to try to uncover what may be ‘silencing’ Streptomyces and preventing it from producing desirable compounds encoded by its genes.
Artificial light disrupts dung beetles’ sense of direction
New research shows that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to orient themselves.
Researchers film human viruses in liquid droplets at near-atomic detail
Researchers have used advanced electron microscopy (EM) technology to see how human viruses move in high resolution in a near-native environment. The visualization technique could lead to improved understanding of how vaccine candidates and treatments …
Amygdala found to have role in important pre-attentive mechanism in the brain
Researchers have shown how the amygdala, a brain region typically associated with fear, contributes to prepulse inhibition (PPI) by activating small inhibitory neurons in the mouse brain stem. The discovery advances understanding of the systems underly…