Secondly, by making the horn slightly radioactive, it becomes easier to detect as it is transported around the world. As it crosses international borders and goes through airports and harbors, the ...

Acquired DNA mutations found in the SERPINA1 gene can protect liver cells from damage in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, new research shows. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier ... Introduced Pacific Oysters ...

AT the beginning of this century, one of the facts most intriguing to chemists was the impossibility of concentrating some of the radioactive elements. Radium D, for example, a substance well ...

With the HCC located 5 cm from the animals’ abdomens, the spatial resolution was 7.9 mm ... “Additionally, we are developing new detectors to image radioactive drugs with higher spatial resolution.” ...

The expeditions also revealed human-made pollutants in the Mariana Trench and Philippine Trench. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) — harmful chemicals used in electrical equipment and appliances ...

Behind the glass, onlookers watch in awe as animals from around the world are displayed as living exhibits, oblivious to the harsh realities of their confinement. Many zoos today advertise their ...

Blue is one of the rarest occurring pigments found in nature. Sure, the sky and the ocean are blue, while green, yellow, and red animals are abundant, almost no blue animals exist. Blue’s elusive ...

April 1, 2025 • Most iguanas are indigenous to the Americas. So how did the Fijian species end up on the island, nearly 5000 miles away in the South Pacific? According to a new study in the ...

Yet some species do better in urban areas than in rural ones. Research is showing that animals of the same species that live in cities and the countryside are behaving differently. These ...

Mar. 31, 2025 — Every night, bats emerge out of roosts in massive numbers, creating what scientists have called a 'cocktail party nightmare' of clashing echolocations. Nobody knew how bats ...