science news 15.2.2019

Today's selection of science news. Links are normally to press releases on EurekAlert (at the bottom end I may also add a couple of newspaper stories). I include quotes from the summary (using quotation marks) in cases where the title alone doesn't reveal what the story is about. My own thoughts appear without quotation marks, if I have any.


nanoworld

How proteins become embedded in a cell membrane

Platinum nanoparticles for selective treatment of liver cancer cells

What happens to magnetic nanoparticles once in cells?



life

Sea worms and jellyfish treat cancer and kill insects

From vibrations alone, acacia ants can tell nibbles from the wind



This photograph shows acacia ants on their host tree (Crematogaster mimosae, Acacia zanzibarica).
Credit: Felix A. Hager and Kathrin Krausa



humans

Dog burial as common ritual in Neolithic populations of north-eastern Iberian Peninsula


Study uses satellite data to pinpoint widespread oil industry 'flaring'
ie burning fossil fuels without even making any use of the energy. As in, climate change isn't bad enough, let's heat the planet a bit more.


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from the news media

A UK-wide pupils' strike protesting against the general lack of action on climate change is happening today