Unconventional: The Development of Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale
Credit: Photo taken in 2010 by Tom Mroz, US Department of Energy (retired). Boulder, Colo., USA: Shale gas has changed...
Flies and bees act like plant cultivators
Credit: UZH Not much plant sex happens without pollinator insects: Bees, flies or butterflies transfer the male pollen grains to...
What makes farmers try new practices?
Credit: Wikimedia Commons URBANA, Ill. - Change is never easy. But when it comes to adopting new agricultural practices, some...
In times of plenty, penguin parents keep feeding their grown offspring
Loading video... Credit: Dee Boersma, Galapagos National Park March 14, 2017 Humans are not alone in continuing to support offspring...
Report: Milkweed losses may not fully explain monarch butterfly declines
Credit: Photos by Michael Jeffords and Susan Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Steep declines in the number of monarch butterflies reaching...
Study finds little consistency in doctor reviews on three physician rating websites
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery When looking for a doctor, many consumers turn to websites that post physician ratings and...
Study identifies molecular clues for age-related intestinal issues
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Intestinal stem cells rejuvenate daily so bowels will stay healthy and function normally, but a...
15 years of GRACE: Satellite mission flies thrice its planned time
Credit: Astrium/GFZ "Revolutionary" is a word you hear often when people talk about the GRACE mission. Since the twin satellites...
DDW® 2017 offers reporters access to leading research in digestive health
(Digestive Disease Week) Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) returns to Chicago, Ill., from May 6-9, 2017, bringing together physicians, researchers and...
Waiting to be sold: IUPUI researchers develop model to predict probability of home sales
Credit: School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- What is the probability that the house you want to...
Streamlining the measurement of phonon dispersion
Credit: Harald Ibach, François C. Bocquet, Jessica Sforzini, Serguei Soubatch, F. Stefan Tautz WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2017 -- As...
‘Going deep’ to measure Earth’s rotational effects
Credit: Belfi et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2017 -- Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a...
Most atrial fibrillation patients don’t get preventive drug before stroke
DURHAM, N.C. - More than 80 percent of stroke patients with a history of atrial fibrillation either received not enough...
Bonding chips using inkjet printers
WASHINGTON D.C., March 14, 2017 -- Today in electronics there are two main approaches to building circuits: the rigid one...
Acetone experiences Leidenfrost effect, no hotplate needed
Credit: Stoffel D. Janssens WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2017 -- In doing his due diligence, cleaning his lab equipment, fluid...
Imaging at the speed of light
Credit: Video credit/Matthew Mann/University of Rochester Tiny micro- and nanoscale structures within a material's surface are invisible to the naked...
The chemistry of redheads (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 14, 2017 -- St. Patrick's Day evokes thoughts of all things often associated...
Money, not access, key to resident food choices in ‘food deserts’
A new study from North Carolina State University and Campbell University finds that, while access to healthy foods is a...
Micro-organisms will help African farmers: Soil microbes to the rescue
Credit: Taye Tessema / Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal in the world....
Spiders eat astronomical numbers of insects
Credit: David E. Hill, Peckham Society, Simpsonville, South Carolina A new study reveals some stunning estimates about just how much...
