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- Antiviral used to treat cat coronavirus also works against SARS-CoV-2
- Genetics of the tree of life
- Engineers use heat-free technology to make metallic replicas of a rose's surface texture
- Newly discovered rare dinosaur embryos show sauropods had rhino-like horns
- Atlantic sturgeon in the king's pantry -- unique discovery in Baltic shipwreck from 1495
- Rare encounters between cosmic heavyweights
- Fossil evidence of 'hibernation-like' state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal
- First complete dinosaur skeleton ever found is ready for its closeup at last
- Mother bats use baby talk to communicate with their pups
| Antiviral used to treat cat coronavirus also works against SARS-CoV-2 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:50 PM PDT Researchers are preparing to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats that they expect will also be effective as a treatment for humans against COVID-19. |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:50 PM PDT Baobab trees can live for more than a thousand years and provide food, livestock fodder, medicinal compounds, and raw materials. Scientists counted the significant tree's chromosomes -- information critical for conservation, agricultural improvement, and further genetic work. |
| Engineers use heat-free technology to make metallic replicas of a rose's surface texture Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:13 AM PDT Scientists have developed technology to make metallic replicas of soft, natural surfaces such as rose petals. The team's metallic surfaces retained properties of the originals, including a rose petal's sticky, yet water-repelling textures. |
| Newly discovered rare dinosaur embryos show sauropods had rhino-like horns Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:21 AM PDT An incredibly rare dinosaur embryo discovered perfectly preserved inside its egg has shown scientists new details of the development and appearance of sauropods which lived 80 million years ago. |
| Atlantic sturgeon in the king's pantry -- unique discovery in Baltic shipwreck from 1495 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:59 AM PDT Researchers can now reveal what the Danish King Hans had planned to offer when laying claim to the Swedish throne in 1495: A two-meter-long Atlantic sturgeon. The well-preserved fish remains were found in a wreck on the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year, and species identification was made possible through DNA analysis. |
| Rare encounters between cosmic heavyweights Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:21 AM PDT Astronomers have discovered three pairs of merging galaxies. Each of the galaxies contain a supermassive black hole that's feasting on material surrounding it, creating a phenomenon called a quasar. These luminous dual quasars are rare; only about 0.3% of all known quasars have two supermassive black holes that are on a collision course with each other. |
| Fossil evidence of 'hibernation-like' state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:21 AM PDT Scientists report evidence of a hibernation-like state in Lystrosaurus, an animal that lived in Antarctica during the Early Triassic, some 250 million years ago. The fossils are the oldest evidence of a hibernation-like state in a vertebrate, and indicate that torpor -- a general term for hibernation and similar states in which animals temporarily lower their metabolic rate to get through a tough season -- arose in vertebrates even before mammals and dinosaurs evolved. |
| First complete dinosaur skeleton ever found is ready for its closeup at last Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:18 AM PDT The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place in the dinosaur family tree, completing a project that began more than a century and a half ago. |
| Mother bats use baby talk to communicate with their pups Posted: 19 Aug 2020 06:48 AM PDT When addressing infants, human adults tend to change the speed, pitch and 'color' of their voice. This 'baby talk' is known to facilitate language learning. According to new research, it may not be exclusive of humans. Some bats have their own version of 'baby talk' to communicate with their pups. |
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