‘Little Foot’ skeleton helps show when human ancestors came down from the trees
A study of the limb bones of this South African fossil, around 3.67 million years old, points to a major shift in how our ancestors moved.
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Russian bioinformaticians uncover how bacteria create new toxins against pests
A study from St Petersburg State University shows that the exchange of DNA segments explains the evolution of Cry toxins, the basis of more than half of plant-protection products.
Wood chemist Tapani Vuorinen receives €150,000 Wihuri International Prize
The Aalto University professor was honoured in Helsinki for more than four decades of wood chemistry research and for co-creating the Chemarts platform.
Swedish scientists uncover how plants sense touch
Lund University researchers have identified the chain of molecular signals that links touch, wind or injury to changes in plant genes and growth.
Bacteria use collisions to find their way in tight spaces
EPFL scientists have found that some microbes sense contact and change direction to explore their environment better.
Swedish scientists aim to grow strong materials from plant cells
A project led by Linköping University seeks to create strong, flexible materials using plant cells as building blocks.
Swiss Alpine bacteria show unexpected ability against viruses
Micro-organisms collected from alpine lakes reduced the infectivity of viruses in laboratory tests.
Swedish AI scientist already creates and tests biological hypotheses
A system developed at Chalmers plans experiments, analyses results and proposes new tests in an automated loop.
Swiss nanopore detects seven algal toxins in water
A tiny EPFL sensor distinguishes several microcystins and reaches concentrations far below the limit recommended by the WHO.
CUORE experiment ends at Gran Sasso after profiling neutrinos
The detector housed in INFN's underground laboratories has completed the scientific programme it began in 2017, leaving data and technologies for future experiments.
Chinese nuclear clock is six times more stable than Vienna rival
The world's first two nuclear clocks, based on thorium-229, have been presented in the journal Nature by teams in Beijing and Vienna.
St Petersburg university tests seed coating that boosts wheat yields
Russian chemists have developed a chitosan and glyoxal treatment that, in the laboratory, raised wheat productivity more than 1.5-fold and lowered the risk of disease.
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