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Dive bombing Killer flies are so fast they lose steering control

May 29, 2021

This happens because they beat their wings as they fall, combining the acceleration of powered flight with the acceleration of gravity. The study found that Killer flies reached much higher...

Switching off heart protein could protect against heart failure

May 29, 2021

However, many drugs that make failing heart muscle contract more strongly have been deemed unsafe, leaving a huge gap in heart attack and heart failure treatment. In research funded by...

Mathematical model developed to prevent botulism

May 28, 2021

Thursday 27 May 21Food producers can use a mathematical model developed at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, to ensure their products do not cause botulism. less salt,...

Sharing is caring – or is it? Smartphone boom prompts healthcare questions

May 27, 2021

What seemed like just some cool technology a few years ago has quickly become an absolutely essential tool for everyday living. Healthcare apps are also increasingly being used for health...

Zero-carbon energy from sea water a step closer

May 27, 2021

Researchers at McGill University have demonstrated a technique that could enable the production of robust, high-performance membranes to harness an abundant source of renewable energy. Blue energy, also known as...

Study of promising photovoltaic material leads to discovery of a new state of matter

May 27, 2021

In what amounts to the discovery of a new state of matter, the McGill team has made a step forward in unlocking the mystery of how perovskites pull off this...

Finnish biodiversity information management inspires globally

May 27, 2021

This solution, the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility “FinBIF” is described as a best-practice model in biodiversity informatics in a recent paper in the Nature Portfolio journal Scientific Data. Eleven Finnish...

The future of the IoT (batteries not required)

May 27, 2021

“Ben and I recognized that there was no way those IoT projections could happen if all of the devices had to run on batteries,” says Wentzloff. Now imagine that issue...

Resistance to vaccine mandates is building. A powerful network is helping.

May 26, 2021

They’ve sent warning letters to officials in Rock County, Wis., as well as to the president of Rutgers University and other schools. There is little case law on the matter,...

Hundreds of antibiotic resistant genes found in the gastrointestinal tracts of Danish infants

May 26, 2021

20 May 2021Hundreds of antibiotic resistant genes found in the gastrointestinal tracts of Danish infantsBiology Danish one-year-olds carry several hundred antibiotic resistant genes in their bacterial gut flora according to...