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How to make insects more nutritious — and easier to swallow

Mealworms for lunch? Ewww! For many of us, that would be our first reaction to finding these beetle larvae on today’s menu. But if we’re not so...

PacBio Onso™ Short Read Sequencing Instrument Joins 10x Genomics Compatible Partner Program

PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate genomic sequencing solutions, today announced the inclusion of the Onso short-read sequencing platform in the 10x Genomics Compatible Partner...

Reductive pathways in molten inorganic salts enable colloidal synthesis of III-V semiconductor nanocrystals | Science

Colloidal quantum dots, with their size-tunable optoelectronic properties and scalable synthesis, enable applications in which inexpensive high-performance semiconductors are needed. Synthesis science breakthroughs have been key to...

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Woolly mammoths were inbred, but this didn’t lead to population collapse

A bottleneck event caused inbreeding in the last woolly mammoths, but scientists find this was not responsible for their demise on Wrangel Island. Once prevalent...

The Main Types of Chemical Reactions

The Main Types of Chemical Reactions A chemical reaction may be regarded as the process that occurs when matter undergoes change in composition. To be...

A peak behind the (hosting) scenes of this blog.

A peak behind the (hosting) scenes of this blog. I should start by saying that the server on which this blog is posted was set...

Why did I take my blanket for a walk in the woods? – Naturally Speaking

Will McLellan takes us on a tour of his work on tick density in human-impacted environments. What are you studying? The word ‘tick’, to most people,...

Conserving urban biodiversity needs an evolutionary mindset – Colin Donihue

This is a re-post of one that Max Lambert and I wrote for the blog “Life in the City: Evolution in an Urbanizing World.” — A...

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