Hurricane exposes and washes away thousands of sea turtle nests
Credit: G. Stahelin, Univeristy of Central Florida Hurricane Irma took a devastating toll on incubating sea turtle nests in the...
Meet Madagascar’s oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins
Credit: Grey Gustafson | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- There are precious few species today in the biodiversity hotspot of...
University of Guelph researchers discover why females have heart health advantage
It's long been known that heart disease develops later in women than men. But the biological reasons why females have...
The vitamin ergothioneine: an antioxidant for oxygen-free areas?
Chemists at the University of Basel have been able to show for the first time that anaerobic bacteria can produce...
Plants become more tolerant when living in symbiosis with fungi
Credit: Cornelia Spetea Wiklund, University of Gothenburg By developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant...
Can census data better predict lead exposure in children?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 4, 2017--Researchers have developed a computational model based on available...
Professor Kenneth Leung awarded the Biwako Prize for Ecology by the Ecological Society of Japan
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG of the Swire Institute of Marine Science and School...
Albatross feces show diet of fishery discards
Albatross feed on several fish species that are not easy for the birds to access in nature, but which are...
New approach may hold the key to treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new study published online in The FASEB Journal highlights the therapeutic potential of a simple chemical mimic of host...
Resistance training prevents age-related tendon damage
A study published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that resistance training may prevent age-related tendon problems, such as ruptures...
Research rethinks the evolutionary importance of variability in a population
Credit: creative commons It's been long thought that variability within a population is key to population's growth and survival but...
Test reveals antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a half hour
Credit: Caltech The discovery of antibiotics in the early part of the 20th century changed modern medicine. Simple infections that...
Science news presents The SN 10: Scientists to Watch
Credit: Illustration Credit: Sam Falconer WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 4, 2017 - Why aren't more scientists household names? For the third...
A win-win for spotted owls and forest management
Credit: John Keane, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Remote sensing technology has detected what could be a win...
Montana State researchers win grant to study gut microbiome-arsenic interactions
BOZEMAN - Two Montana State University researchers in different disciplines have teamed up to tackle the problem of arsenic poisoning,...
Fish shrinking as ocean temperatures rise
One of the most economically important fish is shrinking in body weight, length and overall physical size as ocean temperatures...
Different sugars, different risks to your liver
BOSTON - (Oct. 3, 2017) - If you're one of the two billion people in the world who are over-weight...
Fitbit-style prosthetics? Navy developing ‘smart’ artificial limbs
Credit: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan - College of Engineering ARLINGTON, Va.--Traditional leg prosthetics enable amputees to...
Study pokes holes in fetal alcohol hypothesis
A new study published in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity appears to challenge the theory that cells in the...
‘Squirtable’ elastic surgical glue seals wounds in 60 seconds
Credit: University of Sydney A highly elastic and adhesive surgical glue that quickly seals wounds without the need for common...
