Brittle Stars Can Learn Just Fine — Even Without a Brain
We humans are fixated on big brains as a proxy for smarts. But headless animals called brittle stars have no…
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Donovan Griffin
Strength Is in This Glass’s DNA
Working on the nanoscale gives researchers a lot of insight and control when fabricating and characterizing…
This Wireless, Handheld, Non-invasive Device Detects Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s…
An international team of researchers has developed a handheld, non-invasive device that can detect biomarkers for…
Endangered Turtle Population Under Threat as Pollution May Lead To Excess of…
A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found…
Second-Most Distant Galaxy Discovered Using James Webb Space Telescope
The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed have been discovered in a region of space known as…
Researchers Identify ‘Switch’ to Activate Cancer Cell Death
A research team from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a crucial epitope (a protein section…
‘Cooling Glass’ Blasts Building Heat Into Space
University of Maryland researchers aiming to combat rising global temperatures have developed a new "cooling…
Neanderthal Gene Variants Associated With Greater Pain Sensitivity
People who carry three gene variants that have been inherited from Neanderthals are more sensitive to some types…
Scientists Unveil Detailed Cell Maps of the Human Brain and the Nonhuman Primate…
A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain…
Mummified Mice Discovered Atop Sky-High Andean Volcanoes
They were the summits of 20,000-foot volcanoes. Amid the driest desert on Earth. Where temperatures never breached…