The Medicine that Removes Lyme’s Bite
Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the…
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Simulations predict how chemicals may impact Honeybee Colonies
Honeybees are essential pollinators for agriculture and natural ecosystems. Stressors like climate change, habitat loss and pesticide exposure threaten their ability to forage for pollen,…
A New Snail Species Named after Picasso
An international team of malacologists discovered a new snail species, Anauchen picasso, in Southeast Asia that exhibits a highly complex and rectangularly angled shell shape,…
Iron Oxychloride – an inorganic compound
Iron oxychloride is the inorganic compound with the formula FeOCl. It’s an inorganic solid and is best known as part of a family of materials…
Snake Skin patterns are determined by a Single Gene
In many animals, skin colouration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In the corn snake, some morphs display red,…
Lead Heptaphosphide
Lead heptaphosphide is the only binary phosphide currently known to be formed by lead and phosphorus. It has an unusual molecular structure where seven lead…
Lead Glass
Lead glass, commonly called crystal, is a variety of glass in which lead replaces the calcium content of a typical potash glass. It is a…
The Monkey Database indicates a Move toward Open Science
A database about monkey behaviour reveals how science is evolving towards a more open, collaborative approach. MacaqueNet contains social behavioural data from 14 of the…
Aluminium Molybdate
Aluminium molybdate is the chemical compound Al2(MoO4)3. It is a white solid that has various applications in different fields, particularly in materials science and industrial…
Aluminium Hydride
Aluminium hydride (also known as alane and alumane) refers to a collection of inorganic compounds with the formula AlH3. It is an unstable and highly…
Combating Parasites that are Destroying Fish Farms all around the World
At the heart of the Amazon researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the world. Parasites called myxozoa infect fish…
Researchers figure out how Cells Move
Scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have created a data science framework to better understand how cells travel…
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