"This morphological feature, among others, led to the discovery that these animals belong to a hitherto undescribed species," explains Professor Dr. Uwe Fritz of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden. Unfortunately, the identification of multiple species within what used to be a sing...
Researchers uncovered the secret behind designing better-performing electrode surfaces (electrocatalysts). The power density curves show the newly designed catalyst (red curve) outperforms a similar catalyst that is not optimized. Credit: American Chemical Society To create better batteries and fuel cells...
In collaboration with researchers at Pennsylvania State University, Khodadadi and Acimovic also received and examined samples from apple orchards in Pennsylvania, where they found all three of the prevalent New York species, along with others not yet detected in New York. Colletotrichum fungi that inf...
For years, Central Texans have worked toward preserving severalthreatened or endangered salamanders, many of them discovered because of research by Hillis and his colleagues. The new paper adds to this body of work, which has led to protections for the Barton Springs salamander, the Austin blind ...
Satellite viruses that require a helper virus to complete their lifecycles have been identified in microbes, plants, and animals53,54, and how bacterial viruses and their satellites co-evolve has been studied in laboratory evolution experiments55. We report that bacterial plasmids can also evolve the...
A team of researchers recently discovered two new freshwater mussel species in Texas, which will likely impact current conservation efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
A team of researchers has observed the brightest ultra metal-poor star ever discovered. The star is a rare relic from the Milky Way's formative years. As such, it offers astronomers a precious opportunity to explore the origin of the firststarsthat sprung to life within our galaxy and the ...
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory recently upgraded a powerful optical laser system used to create shockwaves that generate high-pressure conditions like those found within planetary interiors. The laser system
The size and spacing of the paired markings indicate that they were created by the forelimbs of nothosaurs, representing animals ranging in size from over 3 metres to less than a metre in length. Relationship of the print impressions (lower slab) and the mould. Photograph taken within minute...