A newly identified Amazonian killifish is known from just three disturbed forest pools, prompting researchers to call for habitat protection. In the Brazilian Amazon, researchers have discovered a brightly colored freshwater killifish named Laimosemion laranja. It belongs to a group in which some species survive seasonal drying as embryos, pausing development entirely and lying dormant […]
Scientists Discover Striking Orange Killifish in the Amazon’s Threatened Forest Pools
A newly identified Amazonian killifish is known from just three disturbed forest pools, prompting researchers to call for habitat protection. In the Brazilian Amazon, researchers have discovered a brightly colored freshwater killifish named Laimosemion laranja. It belongs to a group in which some species survive seasonal drying as embryos, pausing development entirely and lying dormant […]
Scientists Discover Striking Orange Killifish in the Amazon’s Threatened Forest Pools
A newly identified Amazonian killifish is known from just three disturbed forest pools, prompting researchers to call for habitat protection. In the Brazilian Amazon, researchers have discovered a brightly colored freshwater killifish named Laimosemion laranja. It belongs to a group in which some species survive seasonal drying as embryos, pausing development entirely and lying dormant […]
“Crawzilla” – Scientists Just Found North America’s Biggest Known Crayfish
The search for North America’s biggest crayfish has turned a friendly rivalry into a scientific question about what limits their growth. A Tennessee bottlebrush crayfish in a West Virginia university collection has taken the top spot in a new ranking of North America’s largest known crayfish. Its carapace, the hard shell covering its head and […]
Scientists Identify a Potential New Alzheimer’s Disease Marker
The fluid surrounding the brain may hold another clue to Alzheimer’s, with elevated levels of an enzyme called meprin-β raising the possibility of a new disease indicator. One of the defining features of Alzheimer’s disease is the buildup of beta-amyloid, a protein fragment produced when enzymes cut a larger protein called amyloid precursor protein into […]
Scientists Identify a Potential New Alzheimer’s Disease Marker
The fluid surrounding the brain may hold another clue to Alzheimer’s, with elevated levels of an enzyme called meprin-β raising the possibility of a new disease indicator. One of the defining features of Alzheimer’s disease is the buildup of beta-amyloid, a protein fragment produced when enzymes cut a larger protein called amyloid precursor protein into […]
Scientists Identify a Potential New Alzheimer’s Disease Marker
The fluid surrounding the brain may hold another clue to Alzheimer’s, with elevated levels of an enzyme called meprin-β raising the possibility of a new disease indicator. One of the defining features of Alzheimer’s disease is the buildup of beta-amyloid, a protein fragment produced when enzymes cut a larger protein called amyloid precursor protein into […]
Scientist Reveals 7 of the Strangest Things Coffee Does to Your Body
Some of coffee’s most unusual effects have little to do with caffeine. Its other bioactive compounds can interact with the gut, medications, and nutrients in ways researchers are still trying to understand. Coffee is best known, and perhaps most valued, for its caffeine and its ability to make us feel more awake and alert. But […]
Dark Matter May Behave Like Waves and a Distant Quasar Could Prove It
A distant quasar’s distorted images could hold clues to what dark matter is made of. Simulations of dark matter behaving like waves now offer a closer match to where those images appear. When the gravity of a massive object bends light from a more distant source, it creates distorted, multiple images of galaxies in a […]
Dark Matter May Behave Like Waves and a Distant Quasar Could Prove It
A distant quasar’s distorted images could hold clues to what dark matter is made of. Simulations of dark matter behaving like waves now offer a closer match to where those images appear. When the gravity of a massive object bends light from a more distant source, it creates distorted, multiple images of galaxies in a […]