Geologists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust
Credit: Photo by Jana Meixnerova/provided by Benjamin Johnson AMES, Iowa - The Earth of 3.2 billion years ago was a ...
Month: March 2020
Collaborative using UVM researcher using NSF grant to recreate regional temperature data
Discovering a missing piece of recent climate dataCredit: University of Vermont Schoolchildren know that the age of a tree can ...
Study finds ‘silent’ genetic variations can alter protein folding
Credit: Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame Proteins, the workhorse of the human cell, help digest our food, carry ...
Beef consumption hurting river quality
New study shows water scarcity and fish imperilment are driven by beef production in the Western United StatesCredit: University of ...
Beef consumption hurting river quality
New study shows water scarcity and fish imperilment are driven by beef production in the Western United StatesCredit: University of ...
APS tip sheet: Using bird song to determine bird size
An analysis of a bird species' unique rasps shows how sound fluctuations in birds' songs might reveal details about birds' ...
Montana State researchers earn NSF grant to study caddisflies and stream health
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental ...
‘Smart water’ may aid oil recovery
Rice engineers survey crude variety to see how water can maximize reservoir productionCredit: Wenhua Guo/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 2, ...
Andrew Butler receives prestigious Weintraub Award for outstanding graduate research
Credit: New York Genome Center NEW YORK, NY (March 2, 2020) - Andrew Butler, a PhD student at New York ...
Improving shoes, showers, 3D printing: Research launching to the space station
A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station on the 20th SpaceX ...
Space weather model gives earlier warning of satellite-killing radiation storms
Two-day notice lets satellite operators take protective measures against energetic electronsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 2, ...
What if mysterious ‘cotton candy’ planets actually sport rings?
Some of the extremely low-density, 'cotton candy like' exoplanets called super-puffs may actually have ringsCredit: Illustration is by Robin Dienel ...
Fresh clean drinking water for all could soon to be a reality in Pakistan
Huddersfield senior research fellow Dr. Muhammad Usman Ghori will be working with Pakistani officials to bring clean, affordable drinking water ...
Technology provides a new way to probe single molecules
Precision measurements can aid understanding of disease, infection and vaccinesCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Biology can be murky, and ...
Engendering trust in an AI world
Credit: Kareyst Lin SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - Can you imagine a world without personalised Spotify playlists, ...
Federally protected lands reduce habitat loss and protect endangered species, study finds
Significantly greater habitat loss occurs on private lands, indicating a need for more uniform conservation effortsCredit: Adam Eichenwald, Tufts University ...
NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther moving back inland
Credit: NASA Worldview Ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther just won't give up. The storm formed in the South Pacific Ocean, tracked across ...
Implementing microbiome diagnostics in personalized medicine: Rise of pharmacomicrobiomics
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 2, 2020--A new Commentary identifies three actionable challenges for translating ...
How quickly do flower strips in cities help the local bees?
Credit: Susanne S. Renner Insects rely on a mix of floral resources for survival. Populations of bees, butterflies, and flies ...
Surgeons cut opioid prescriptions by 64 percent using a new multipronged program
Physician education, monitoring, and incentives lead to a shift from longer-term to shorter-term prescriptions for surgical patients, according to new ...
