Biology
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...
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...
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...
A green approach to making ammonia could help feed the world
"This new... Credit: UCF: Karen Norum A UCF research team with collaborators at Virginia Tech have developed a new "green"...
Zebrafish heart development reveals key insight into inherited heart defects
Credit: Almary Guerra Scientists have shown for the first time that the blueprint for the four chambers of the human...
Traditional knowledge sheds light on changing East Greenland climate and polar bear hunt
Inuit polar bear subsistence hunters from two East Greenland regions, Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit, report changes to their hunting patterns as...
Scientists’ discovery in Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living...
Malaria detectable in olfactory cocktail
Credit: Graphic: ETH Zurich / CDC, James Gathany Malaria is still a deadly disease in tropical and subtropical regions. Every...
