Scientists discover nerves control iridescence in squid's remarkable...
Squid's colorful, changeable skin enables the animal—and their close relatives, cuttlefish and octopus—to display extraordinary camouflage, the speed and diversity of which is unmatched in the animal...
View ArticleSongbird sings in 3D
The question 'How do songbirds sing?' is addressed in a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Biology. High-field magnetic resonance imaging and micro-computed tomography have...
View ArticlePrinciples of locomotion in confined spaces could help fire ant-inspired...
Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are...
View ArticleResearchers examine mechanical bases for the emergence of undulatory swimmers
How do fish swim? It is a simple question, but there is no simple answer.
View ArticleThe elephant in the room: Elephant vocal folds may hold clues to human sound...
Up until a year ago, how an elephant made its guttural infrasonic calls was still a matter of debate, as Christian Herbst, from the University of Vienna, Austria, points out: 'Some people suggested...
View ArticleData miners dig for corrosion resistance
(PhysOrg.com) -- A better understanding of corrosion resistance may be possible using a data-mining tool, according to Penn State material scientists. This tool may also aid research in other areas...
View ArticleHelicopter takes to the skies with the power of thought (w/ Video)
A remote controlled helicopter has been flown through a series of hoops around a college gymnasium in Minnesota. It sounds like your everyday student project; however, there is one caveat… the...
View ArticleESA image: Space-brain networking
An advanced MRI scan of a human brain showing neural networks.
View ArticleWhy 'platonic' flies don't copulate and what that could mean for humans
By studying the sexual behavior of a mutant strain of fruit fly called "platonic," researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences have found parallels between humans and flies in...
View ArticleUnexpected regulation of transcription factors critical to development
A team of developmental biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by Dominique Alfandari, with others at MIT, report in a new paper that they have for the first time described how two...
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