Tracing the flow of water with DNA
Environmental DNA analysis of microbial communities can help us understand how a particular region's water cycle works. Basel hydrogeologist Oliver Schilling recently used this...
How to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand
Researchers developed a faster and simpler way to model the forces needed to push, wiggle, and drill an object through soft, granular material in...
Bacterial electricity: Membrane potential influences antibiotic tolerance
The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope indicates when bacteria no longer operate as individual cells but as a collective. Researchers have discovered...
New research quantifies the ‘wow’ factor of sunrise and sunset
A new study has identified the impact that fleeting natural events, such as sunrises and sunsets, can have on people, and sought to quantify...
Active matter theory explains fire-ant group behavior
Ants are social insects and the Solenopsis invicta species -- known as the fire ant -- is no exception. The social interactions of this...
Strategies for up-scaling of bioelectrochemical systems
With rising concerns about energy and water management, microbial electrochemical technologies (METs), such as microbial fuel cells, have emerged as promising solutions. However, actual...
Low-impact human recreation changes wildlife behavior
Even without hunting rifles, humans appear to have a strong negative influence on the movement of wildlife. A study of Glacier National Park hiking...
Kelp farms could help reduce coastal marine pollution
The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new study. The paper analyzed carbon and...
Nanoparticles make it easier to turn light into solvated electrons
Solutions containing solvated electrons are inherently clean chemical reactants, and they could become easier and cheaper to make now that chemists have uncovered the...
Cyborg cells could be tools for health and environment
Biomedical engineers have created semi-living 'cyborg cells.' Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg cells could have a wide...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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