Month: April 2017

Credit: (Image by Matt O'Banion, courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have developed ...

Evaluating cultural value of landscapes using geotagged photos

Credit: Yoshimura N. and Hiura T., Ecosystem Services, February 28, 2017 Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the ...

SERIS develops world’s first full-size IBC bifacial solar module

The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed the world's first ...

Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template

Credit: Hyo Seon Suh / University of Chicago For the chips in our computers and smartphones to get faster and ...

New research reveals that college students study best later in the day

Credit: University of Nevada, Reno. A new cognitive research study used two new approaches to determine ranges of start times ...

Super sensitive devices work on recycling atoms

Next-generation sensors to be used in fields as diverse as mineral exploration and climate change will be turbo boosted thanks ...

Researchers develop predictive model measuring nitrous oxide emissions in streams, rivers

Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame When it comes to greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide tends to steal the spotlight -- ...

USDA announces $150.2 million through Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...

Florida manatees likely to persist for at least 100 years — US Geological Survey

Credit: Photo: USGS Florida's iconic manatee population is highly likely to endure for the next 100 years, so long as ...

Art of paper-cutting inspires self-charging paper device

Credit: American Chemical Society Despite the many advances in portable electronic devices, one thing remains constant: the need to plug ...

US streams carry surprisingly extensive mixture of pollutants

Many U.S. waterways carry a variety of pollutants, but not much is known about the composition or health effects of ...

Ant agricultural revolution began 30 million years ago in dry, desert-like climate

Credit: Paul Fetters for the Smithsonian Institution Millions of years before humans discovered agriculture, vast farming systems were thriving beneath ...

Shoe-string theory: Science shows why shoelaces come untied

Loading video... Credit: UC Berkeley A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your shoelaces may ...

Rock giants Pink Floyd honored in naming of newly discovered, bright pink — pistol shrimp

Credit: Sammy De Grave A strikingly bright pink-clawed species of pistol shrimp, discovered on the Pacific coast of Panama, has ...

USDA announces $21.8 million in funding for to combat citrus disease

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...

USDA announces $462,000 to support disaster preparedness

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...

USDA announces $400,000 to foster a diverse agricultural science workforce

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...

Distantly related fish find same evolutionary solution to dark water

Credit: Thomas E. Reimchen Changes in a single color-vision gene demonstrate convergent evolutionary adaptations in widely separated species and across ...

Can Latina breast cancer patients and their doctors bridge the cultural divide?

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan - The largest study to date of how Latina breast cancer patients evaluate treatment ...

CereScan’s latest patent for its neuroimaging database now covers all brain activity measurements