Chemistry Can materials made of the same elements have different properties? Researchers create two polymers with different properties by rearranging the atoms in a sugar-based molecule.
Biodiversity and Conservation What kinds of landscapes keep bees healthy? Scientists wanted to know if various landscape conditions make bumble bees more vulnerable to diseases.
Biology Which chickens are better at fighting off a virus, and why? Scientists compared the innate immune responses of different breeds of chicken to find out which breeds resist Newcastle disease and how they manage to.
Biology What causes lizards’ brains to change size? Scientists wanted to know if changes in testosterone levels in male lizards had an impact on their brain’s spatial memory cortex’s size.