Jennifer Ouellette
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X-Ray Images Of Bird Feathers Hold The Secret To Dinosaur Colours
Textbook illustrations and museum dioramas could soon be even more accurate in their depiction of the rich colours of long-extinct animals like dinosaurs. An international team of scientists used advanced X-ray imaging techniques to map out elements related to pigmentation in modern birds of prey, which they will use to reconstruct the likely colour patterns…
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How Venomous Creatures Can Kill You, Or One Day Save Your Life
If you’ve ever been stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the ocean, you know firsthand the pain that a venomous creature can inflict, even if it doesn’t outright kill you. But scientists studying the chemical properties of venom might one day be able to develop therapeutic drugs that could save lives.
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Breakthrough Quantum Cat Experiment Captured On Camera
The paradox of Schrödinger’s cat — in which a quantum cat is both alive and dead at the same time until we check to see which state it’s in — is arguably the most famous example of the bizarre counter-intuitive nature of the quantum world. Now, Stanford physicists have exploited this feature weirdness to make…
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Moneyball Could Offer Winning Strategy For Drug Development
Nearly one-third of drugs in development ultimately fail during clinical trials because the side effects are just too severe. Researchers at Cornell University have developed a promising new AI tool that better predicts which drug candidates are likely to be too toxic — and it’s based on the Oakland A’s winning strategy, immortalised in the…