The brain of a 7-day-old fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The green outlines the neurons, which are starting to…
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My Experiences in Ecology – Functional Ecologists
For Black History Month 2024, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Dr Bashir…
Morocco mobile desalination units quench remote areas’ thirst
Since 2023, Morocco has built some 44 of these desalination stations, also called “monobloc” — compact, transportable units. In the small fishing village of Beddouza in western Morocco, locals have…
South America treated to rare ‘ring of fire’ eclipse
The eclipse starts off looking like a ‘bite’ has been taken out of the Sun. Skygazers on the tip of South America were treated Wednesday to a spectacular “ring of…
Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from the…
Archaeologists discover a burial chamber containing two ornate coffins
Archaeologists from Sohag University and the Free University of Berlin have discovered two ornate wooden coffins in a burial chamber adjacent to the tomb of Djefaihapi in Asyut, Egypt. Djefaihapi…
Do NFTs create value in games? There are at least three ways to look at it
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When blockchain is introduced into video gaming, the economy and sometimes the entire design of such games focus on artificial scarcity and ownership of game items.…
Study reveals molecular mechanism of genetic variant that causes mirror movement disorder
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of Canadian and American scientists has made a promising breakthrough in understanding the origins of a mysterious neurological disorder known as mirror movements. The…
New design software takes a concept to a multitude of configurations
deepSPACE provided a spectrum of novel aircraft configurations from conventional to unconventional. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign deepSPACE isn’t a futuristic film, a new videogame or the next season…
