Ants recognise infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics(uni-wuerzburg.de)

423 points by hhs 2 years ago | 138 comments

University of Würzburg news article reporting that Matabele ants detect infected wounds in nestmates and treat them with antibiotic secretions.

Researchers find 3,500-year-old loom that reveals textile revolution(web.ua.es)

116 points by geox 7 months ago | 14 comments

Chemicals that cure malaria can kill weeds too (2017)(news.uwa.edu.au)

14 points by 6177c40f 2 years ago | 11 comments

Chemists develop new way to split water(uni-muenster.de)

58 points by geox 3 years ago | 33 comments

Are the Three Musketeers allergic to muskets? (2014)(ox.ac.uk)

53 points by rolph 10 months ago | 38 comments

New discovery reveals how diatoms capture CO2 so effectively(unibas.ch)

103 points by lux 2 years ago | 30 comments