Researcher warns China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history’
A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy...
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms...
New ‘Silk Road’ brings challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation
London. In an article published this week by the renowned journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists argues that...
VA health care successfully reduces ‘rush to treatment’ rates for low-risk prostate cancer
Credit: NYU Langone Health Record numbers of American veterans diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer are heeding the advice of international...
Bringing MomTech to life: Pitt Engineering professor designs a gadget to help moms breastfeed
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (March 27, 2018) ... Breast milk has many known health benefits, but breastfeeding is...
PNNL part of a new national center for near-atomic resolution of biological molecules
A collaboration between Oregon Health & Science University and the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been chosen...
Some calories more harmful than others
While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition...
Study shines light on gut microbiome in colon cancer
Washington, DC - May 15, 2018 - Researchers have identified a correlation between gut microbial composition and microRNA expression in...
Biologists find mechanisms that control where transcription factors bind
A team of biologists has determined how transcription factors (TFs), which guide gene regulation, function differently in embryonic development. The...
Prized data, free and open to all
The first official account of the electronic Rothamsted Archive and what it offers, published today, highlights how this unique historical...
Lifting the economy on hawks’ wings
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - What can help boost Michigan's economy? American kestrels. A new Michigan State University study,...
Russia’s NaRFU moves its Arctic Environmental Research journal to new-age ARPHA Platform
Credit: Arctic Environmental Research and ARPHA Formerly known as Bulletin of the Pomor University and Bulletin of the Northern (Arctic)...
Team achieves two-electron chemical reactions using light energy, gold
Credit: Graphic by Sungju Yu/Jain Lab/University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists are one step closer to building a carbon-recycling...
Impact of weather and well-timed cultural management techniques on organic weed control
WESTMINSTER, Colorado - Weed management can be a tough challenge in organic cropping systems since growers don't have herbicides in...
Researchers use LiDAR to locate invasive fish and preserve a national treasure
Credit: Joseph A. Shaw, Montana State University WASHINGTON -- For decades the National Park Service has been locked in a...
Key enzyme for production of second-generation ethanol discovered in Brazilian Amazon
Credit: Mario Tyago Murakami Second-generation ethanol (also called cellulosic ethanol) open perspectives for optimizing alcohol production. Since 2G ethanol is...
New research shows that wasps drum to alert one another of food nearby
Credit: Benjamin Taylor, LaGuardia Community College LONG ISLAND CITY, NY--Have you ever had to shout to call your family to...
Savanna chimpanzees suffer from heat stress
Credit: Erin Wessling During their evolutionary history hominins underwent physiological and behavioral changes to cope with and adapt to more...
Love hurts: Spats with spouse may worsen chronic pain, other symptoms
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A fight with a spouse may end in hurt feelings, but for those with chronic conditions...
Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself
Credit: Philipp Holliger, MRC LMB Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication system which demonstrates how the first...
