Tracking wastewater’s path to wells, groundwater
Credit: Natalie Senger. We often "flush it and forget it" when it comes to waste from toilets and sinks. However,...
Mitigation techniques fall short of preventing electrocution of golden eagles on power poles
Credit: EDM International Despite efforts to retrofit power poles and to build new poles to avian-friendly standards, electrocution remains a...
Yellow or black, large or small? Ant color and body size respond…
A University of Liverpool study of ants across three continents has revealed that their colour and size is strongly influenced...
Pandas don’t like it hot: Temperature, not food is biggest concern for conservation
Credit: Photo by Mingxi Li. Although a new Drexel study found that the metabolism of giant pandas is higher than...
Small molecules to help make SMARTER cereals
University of Adelaide researchers are rethinking plant breeding strategies to improve the development of new high-yielding, stress-tolerant cereal varieties. In...
Georgetown author says radiation fears will be…
WASHINGTON (March 3, 2016) — It's a common paradox. Why is it that some people fear using cellphones believing radiation...
Elsevier announces the launch of a new journal: Forensic Chemistry
Amsterdam, March 29, 2016 – Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, today announced...
Tooth wear sheds light on the feeding habits of ancient elephant relatives
Credit: drawing by Nicola Heath How can we ever know what ancient animals ate? For the first time, the changing...
Queen’s University Belfast researcher turning dirty tinfoil into…
Credit: Queen's University Belfast A researcher at Queen's University Belfast has discovered a way to convert dirty aluminium foil into...
Gene study to shed light on how some people stay sharp in old age
Credit: University of Edinburgh More than one thousand people have had their entire genetic make-up decoded as part of a...
More blood vessels in adipose tissue may alleviate type 2 diabetes
Researchers at Wihuri Research Institute and University of Helsinki, Finland, in collaboration with scientists from Vanderbilt and Groningen Universities used...
Liver may sway sweet tooth, alcohol consumption
IMAGE: Cravings for sweet foods are common, yet the mechanisms that influence the ''sweet tooth'' are not well-defined. This visual...
Skeletons developed as chemistry of oceans changed, study shows
Credit: Alina Konovalenko Skeletons and shells first came into being 550 million years ago as the chemical make-up of seawater...
IBS breakthrough in the treatment of cancer
Scientists from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have successfully inhibited the growth of colon tumors in mice with mismatch...
Conserved role for Ovo protein in reproductive cell development in mice and fruit flies
Credit: Image by Roblan/Shutterstock, Szasz-Fabian Jozsef/Shutterstock Tsukuba, Japan – Germline cells are the only cells that develop into eggs or...
Love is blind… to food waste
For many, there's nothing like sitting down for a family meal at a table filled with hot, ready-to-serve food. Many...
Computerized biology, or how to control a population of cells with a computer
Credit: © Gregory Batt, Jakob Ruess, Chetan Aditya (Inria / Institut Pasteur) Researchers from the Pasteur Institute and Inria, with...
New strategy to fight mosquitoes in a more efficient and sustainable way
Credit: © E. van Herk Mosquitoes continue to build resistance to existing pesticides. Research has now shown that the chemical...
Simplifying information aids fight against childhood obesity, study…
Credit: UVA Health System Providing simplified health information designed for parents with low health literacy helps all families in childhood...
Why bearcats smell like buttered popcorn
Credit: Photo courtesy of Carolina Tiger Rescue DURHAM, N.C. — The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired...
