Ocean acidification a challenge for science, governments & communities
A new IMAS-led paper published in the science journal Nature Climate Change has highlighted the challenges faced by scientists, governments ...
Month: July 2018
New research collection targets insect pests of pulse crops
Credit: Mariusz Sobieski, Bugwood.org Annapolis, MD; July 24, 2018--Around the world, pulse crops--such as beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils--are an ...
Plenty of habitat for bears in Europe
Credit: Adam Wajrak Great opportunity for European brown bears: a new study spearheaded by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ...
Bin the bug spray: Study shows EU pesticide ban failing to protect suburban bees
Credit: University of Sussex Bees living in suburban habitats are still being exposed to significant levels of pesticides despite the ...
Tracing the history of farming in the Amazon
Credit: Ruth Dickau A geographer from Northumbria University, Newcastle is leading on a £340,000 research project to examine how ancient ...
Empathetic dogs lend a helping paw
Many dogs show empathy if their owner is in distress and will also try to help rescue them. This is ...
Les efforts pour préserver la population de loris se montrent efficaces
(San Diego Zoo Global) Un programme à long terme visant à préserver les loris de Kuhl en rétablissant une population ...
Bigfoot was a dinosaur
Credit: Photo courtesy of the KUVP archives. The Black Hills region of the United States is famous today for tourist ...
Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot to date
Credit: © Davide Bonadonna, Milan, Italy As it turns out, "Bigfoot" was a dinosaur--a giant, plant-eating one. A new study ...
Satellite tracking reveals Philippine waters are important for endangered whale sharks
Credit: Gonzalo Araujo A new scientific study published in PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences has tracked ...
Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut
Plastic surgery patients were getting infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria, and no one knew why. UConn microbiologists found the answer ...
Report from the leech’s gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 24, 2018 - An international team of researchers recently took a deep dive into the microbiome ...
What would your dog do to help if you were upset? Quite a bit, study finds
Dogs are thought to be very aware of people's emotions, but if a pup's owner was really upset, would it ...
Research shows a promising new class of antibodies protects against HIV-1 infection
Credit: Chris Wager San Antonio, Texas (July 24, 2018) - A group of scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have ...
UCLA biologist works to create a new field, merging the sciences and architecture
Credit: Roy Wollman How do spaces affect us, and animals? UCLA biologist Noa Pinter-Wollman had the idea that we can ...
Experts band together to eradicate prostate cancer
Credit: Monash University Monday 23 July, 2018 A team of scientists and clinicians have developed a faster and more accurate ...
Unless we spot changes, most life experiences are fabricated from memories
Credit: Graphic by Wahlheim/Zacks re-posted with permission from article: 'Memory guides the processing of event changes for older and younger ...
Intractable hiccups may be more common than we think
MAYWOOD, IL - Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month, according to ...
Fitness trackers prove helpful in monitoring cancer patients
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (July 24, 2018) -- Fitness trackers can be valuable tools for assessing the quality of life ...
Advances along the gut-liver-brain axis in Alzheimer’s disease
Chicago, July 24, 2018 - Four new studies reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago investigated ...
