PLOS Biology
Brain stimulation could boost maths ability – study
Scientists used high-frequency random noise stimulation, which sends a mild electrical current to the brain through two electrodes.
Can we give plants advance warning of dangers by ‘talking’ to them?
Early laboratory experiments with tobacco demonstrated that a plant’s natural defence mechanism can be activated by using light.
80-year-old antibiotic may be effective against drug resistant bacteria – study
The finding may offer a new way to fight difficult-to-treat and potentially lethal infections, researchers suggest.
80-year-old antibiotic may be effective against drug resistant bacteria – study
The finding may offer a new way to fight difficult-to-treat and potentially lethal infections, researchers suggest.
Large animals travel more slowly because they cannot keep cool – study
How far an animal can travel dictates where – and how far – it can migrate, find food, mate and spread into new territories.
Bumblebees learn to solve puzzles by watching more experienced peers – study
Researchers said their work adds to growing evidence that bees are far smarter creatures than previously thought.
‘Bats have greater range than Mariah Carey and growl like death metal singers’
The animals can produce a range of frequencies, also known as the vocal range, that far exceeds vertebrates including humans, researchers say.
Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots – study
This is the first time this 400 million-year-old process has been visualised in real time in full root systems of living plants, researchers say.
Bird skulls evolved slower than those of dinosaurs, study suggests
Researchers analysed the skulls of more than 390 species of birds and non-avian dinosaurs.
Voice box in primates ‘significantly larger’ in relation to their body size
When compared with meat-eating mammals, the voice box, or larynx, of primates is on average 38% larger, scientists say.