Worker bees are the first line of defense when it comes to removing contamination in honeybee colonies, but a queen has her ways, too. A honeybee queen facing chronic exposure to pesticides will take up…
New shield couples COVID-19 protection with a clear…
By Renee Meiller MADISON - In March, as coronavirus cases spread across the country, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers responded with a simple design for a medical face shield made from common materials that 450 manufacturers put…
A mechanical way to stimulate neurons
Magnetic nanodiscs can be activated by an external magnetic field, providing a research tool for studying neural responses. David L. Chandler, MIT News Office In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of…
Weaving Indigenous knowledge with scientific research: a balanced…
Insights from bicultural research can enhance practical applications from a palaeotsunami database to land-use decisions, according to a new review in Earth Surface Dynamics The Hooker River in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, Aotearoa New…
In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s…
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run roughshod over the world, another entirely different corona about 100 million light…