Day: September 28, 2015

Rabbitfishes Guard Their Mates When The Latter Forage

Researchers from the James Cook University have unveiled a complex behaviour in rabbitfishes. The findings are published in the journal Scientific Reports. A rabbitfish guarding his mate while the latter feeds. Photo credits: Jordan Casey. A team from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies from the James Cook University have discovered that

Metal Flexible As Chewing Gum But Tougher Than Steel Created

The “instruction manual” – put together by Australian scientists – to making metallic glass has been published in Nature Communications. The research puts forward a model that will allow for the prediction of the combination of metals to be used to create the alloy. The metallic glass, also known as amorphous metal, is a flexible and

Combination of Antidepressant & Anticoagulant Drugs Fight Brain Tumour Called Gliomas

Antidepressants working in combination with anticoagulants can halt the growth of brain tumours known as gliomas such that the cancer cells end up eating themselves. The findings have been published in the journal Cancer Cell. Gliomas come from the glial cells in the brain that are normally used to support and insulate neurones. They make