Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers have discovered why cognitive performance improves after exercise: the ‘feel good’ hormone and neurotransmitter dopamine. They found that exercise released dopamine, which produced a corresponding reduction in reaction time, and say that ex… Continue reading ‘Feel good’ hormone released during exercise can boost brain performance
A new study has found that chemical additives in everyday plastic might be stopping – or, at best, interrupting – the reproductive habits of a shrimp-like species that is key to the marine food chain. The findings provide a different perspective on the… Continue reading ‘Not right now’: Key marine species turned off sex by plastic chemicals
Paleontologists have discovered fossils from a gigantic marine predator that stalked the Jurassic seas. According to the team, the creature could have grown to twice the size of an orca, and likely fed on pretty much anything else unlucky enough to be … Continue reading Fossil find reveals monstrous marine predator that stalked Jurassic seas
With a revelation that threatens to ruin some childhood toys or a Jurassic Park rewatch, paleontologists have given one of the most famous dinosaurs a facelift, proposing that the Tyrannosaurus did not sport ferocious, protruding chompers, but proporti… Continue reading Sorry, but the T. rex doesn’t look anything like you think it does
The prevalence of prostate cancer around the world means that finding an effective treatment is critical. A new UK study has used mathematics to investigate the effectiveness of some currently available prostate cancer treatments.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Math used to help calculate more effective prostate cancer treatments
Back in 2021, we heard about a pterosaur that had a mouth full of big, sharp teeth. Well, scientists have now discovered a pterosaur that went to the other extreme, as it used over 400 small, hooked teeth to catch its prey.Continue ReadingCategory: Bio… Continue reading Newly discovered pterosaur used tiny teeth to feed like a wading whale
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have found picky eaters perceive food eaten out of red bowls to be saltier and less desirable than the same food served in white bowls. The findings add to understandings of how taste perception can be influe… Continue reading Eating off certain colored plates improves taste of food for picky eaters
While many people have long hoped that the Loch Ness monster is a present-day plesiosaur, skeptics have pointed out that plesiosaurs lived in the ocean. New research, however, now suggests that some of the creatures may have inhabited freshwater rivers… Continue reading Fossil evidence suggests past existence of freshwater plesiosaurs
Nature is capable of producing materials of incredible strength, with spider silk one of the most celebrated examples. In 2015, a group of scientists made a game-changing discovery in this area, demonstrating that the teeth of clingy molluscs called li… Continue reading Nature’s strongest known material inspires green alternative to Kevlar
While dinosaurs roamed the Earth, flying reptiles called pterosaurs ruled the skies above. These included the largest animals to ever take flight, and a new study has uncovered some of the biological secrets that helped them grow so large. CT scans hav… Continue reading Bizarre bones helped giant pterosaurs straighten up and fly light