Researchers develop antimicrobial, plant-based food wrap designed to replace plastic

Researchers develop antimicrobial, plant-based food wrap designed to replace plastic

Aiming to produce environmentally friendly alternatives to plastic food wrap and containers, a Rutgers scientist has developed a biodegradable, plant-based coating that can be...
Biologists reveal the secrets of bioluminescence in mushrooms

Biologists reveal the secrets of bioluminescence in mushrooms

Only 71 species of the 100,000 known species of mushrooms glow in the dark. Some of the bioluminescent species of mushrooms are parasites of...
Research: Holographic video displays poised to explode

Research: Holographic video displays poised to explode

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham Young University have overcome the hurdles that will make holographic video displays inexpensive and easy to...
Yale researchers prove warm noses prevent colds

Yale researchers prove warm noses prevent colds

The temperature difference between the average nose and the lungs may be the reason people first acquire a cold (rhinovirus) in their nose before...
Metal from Atlantis found in Sicilian shipwreck

Metal from Atlantis found in Sicilian shipwreck

Orichalcum, an ancient alloy referenced by Plato as having come from Atlantis, has been found in a shipwreck off the coast of Gala, Sicily....

Energy-harvesting plastics pass the acid test (TDnews)

Photo: Diego Rosas-Villalva explained that the team was surprised that such an extremely...

Carbon storage from the lab (TDnews)

Photo: A lab strain of the peat moss Sphagnum centrale growing on solid...

Igniting the synthetic transport of amino acids in living cells (TDnews)

Photo: synthetic carrier calixpyrrole cavitand can transport amino acids across liposome and cell...

Biology: Climate projection research may help to battle ‘snail fever’ worldwide

Photo: Kamazima Lwiza, PhD, collecting data in Lake Victoria in East Africa, a...

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