These Corals Are Made for Walking

With time-lapse video, scientists show how tiny mushroom corals can move themselves to influence their fate. With time-lapse video, scientists show how tiny mushroom corals can move themselves to influence their fate. Coral, Reefs, Anatomy and Physiology, Animal Behavior, PLoS One (Journal), Research, your-feed-science NYT > Science

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From soot particle filters to renewable fuels: Examining carbon nanoparticle oxidation

From soot particle filters to renewable fuels: Examining carbon nanoparticle oxidation

Carbon particles are present in many aspects of our daily lives. Soot, which consists of tiny carbon particles, is generated when energy sources such as oil or wood are not completely burned. Soot particle filters, in turn, remove the nanometer- to micrometer-sized particles from car exhaust fumes with the help of chemical surface reactions. Carbon particles…

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Dolphins use a ‘fat taste’ system to get their mother’s milk, study reveals

Dolphins use a ‘fat taste’ system to get their mother’s milk, study reveals

Scientists have discovered that juvenile bottlenose dolphins have specialized receptors for detecting the fatty acids in their mother’s milk. These findings, published in the journal Marine Mammal Science, offer important insights into how these marine mammals grow, feed, and communicate. Scientists have discovered that juvenile bottlenose dolphins have specialized receptors for detecting the fatty acids in…

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