. Scientific Frontline
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Notches on lions’ teeth reveal poaching in Zambia’s conservation areas

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UCLA biologist Paula White displays two leopard skulls. Credit: Paula White In a hunting camp in Zambia more than a decade ago, UCLA biologi...

Earth's Inner Core: A Mixture of Solid Fe and Liquid-like Light Elements

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Earth's interior structure and superionic inner core Image by IGCAS Earth's core, the deepest part of our planet, is characterized b...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

A new approach for detecting ultra-low-energy photons

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A low energy photon emitted by a qubit can potentially be detected by measuring its energy with two thermometers simultaneously. The two sig...

Fossils excavated in the 1960s add missing link to crocodile evolution

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Credit: Gabriel Ugueto A set of Triassic archosaur fossils, excavated in the 1960s in Tanzania, have been formally recognized as a distinct ...

A catalyst that can turn carbon dioxide into gasoline 1,000 times more efficiently

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Chengshuang Zhou holds vials of ruthenium, left, and the coated catalyst, while Matteo Cargnello holds the pipe used for the reaction experi...

'Molecular Velcro' enables tissues to sense, react to mechanical force

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University of Illinois professor Deborah Leckband led a study that revealed how Velcro-like cellular proteins called cadherins sense tissue ...

Climate drove 7,000 years of dietary changes

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A mid-elevation landscape in the Central Andes. Credit: Kurt Wilson What a person eats influences a person’s health, longevity and experienc...
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

This protein can shred our cells. Or it can help us think.

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A 3D ultrahigh-resolution image shows how complexin can distort, shred and elongate simulated cellular membranes. Complexin is important for...

Big Data Imaging Shows Rock’s Big Role in Channeling Earthquakes in Japan

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The aftermath of a 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Credit: Direct Relief/Flickr Thanks to 20 years of seismic data processed through o...

Climate change can worsen impact of invasive plants

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Whalen Dillon recording data in the experiment to assess the effects of invasion, drought and their interaction on longleaf pine responses t...

Nasal Spray Booster Keeps COVID-19 at Bay

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A nasal spray coronavirus vaccine booster helps protect mice from SARS-CoV-2. In this electron microscopy image, viral particles are shown a...

Self-assembling and complex, nanoscale mesocrystals can be tuned for a variety of uses

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A magnified view reveals nanoscale mesocrystals (inset) starting to assemble and form an ordered supracrystal structure, seen in green. Cred...

The early cooling of the universe

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A look into the past: Cosmic microwave radiation (left) was released 380,000 years after the Big Bang and serves as the background for all g...

Don’t lose your marbles: realizing the potential of liquid marbles

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Griffith University researchers have solved a problem plaguing droplet-sized micro-reactors which could improve the viability for applicatio...

Dog feces and urine could be harming nature reserves

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Sign prohibiting dogs at one of the nature reserves. Credit: Pieter De Frenne New research finds that dogs being walked in nature reserves c...