Research: New surfaces create promise of safer implants, more accurate diagnostic tests —
Researchers at McMaster University have solved a vexing problem by engineering surface coatings that can repel everything, such as bacteria, viruses and living...
Research: Scientist’s method helps interpret climate data from lake sediments —
How cold did Earth get during the last ice age? The truth may lie deep beneath lakes and could help predict how the...
Research: Elephant trunks form joints to pick up small objects; research could translate to...
Understanding how elephants use their trunks to pick up small objects could lead to robots designed with flexible hands or grippers, according to...
Research: Genome-wide study confirms six tiger subspecies —
Fewer than 4,000 free-ranging tigers remain in the wild. Efforts to protect these remaining tigers have also been stymied by uncertainty about whether...
Research: Tests in jumping spiders show a secondary set of eyes is crucial to...
Using a specially designed eye-tracker for use with spiders, biologists Elizabeth Jakob, Skye Long and Adam Porter at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
Research: Overspending on defense arsenal bankrupts a plant’s economy —
Defend or grow? Can plants do both at the same time? Michigan State University scientists might be inching closer to answering these questions....
Research: Scientists capture images of antibodies working together against malaria —
Scientists investigating how the human immune system defends against malaria have uncovered a rare phenomenon: antibodies working together to bind to a vulnerable...
Research: Persistence of glass sponge in face of climatic variability —
The glass sponge has persisted on the Scotian Shelf for decades, despite strong historical variability in water conditions and extremely limited protection by...
Research: First demonstration of ‘random, transistor’ laser which can be manipulated at nanoscale —
In the last half-century, laser technology has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global industry and has been used in everything from optical-disk drives and...
Research: Enzyme can target almost half of the genome’s ‘zipcodes’ and could enable editing...
The genome editing system CRISPR has become a hugely important tool in medical research, and could ultimately have a significant impact in fields...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
