Biology
Environmentally friendly cattle production (really)
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Three hundred years ago, enormous herds of bison, antelope and elk roamed North America,...
Making intricate images with bacterial communities
Credit: Xiaofan Jin and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse Working with light and genetically engineered bacteria, researchers from Stanford University are able to...
Ocean acidification: Herring could benefit from an altered food chain
As soon as they start life, it's all about survival for juvenile young fish. They must learn to catch prey...
Palm trees are spreading northward — how far will they go?
Credit: Tammo Reichgelt/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory What does it take for palm trees, the unofficial trademark of tropical landscapes, to expand...
Drawing inspiration from plants and animals to restore tissue
Credit: Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard University Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and...
Climate change threatens world’s largest seagrass carbon stores
Credit: Paul Lavery In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented marine heat wave that elevated water temperatures...
A small, daily dose of Viagra may reduce colorectal cancer risk
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 19 , 2018) - A small, daily dose of Viagra...
Scientists invented method of catching bacteria with ‘photonic hook’
Credit: ITMO University An international research team discovered a new type of curved light beams, dubbed a "photonic hook". Photonic...
Decoding the chemistry of fear
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 19, 2018) Ask a dozen people about their greatest fears, and you'll likely get a...
Thawing permafrost produces more methane than expected
Credit: UHH/CEN/I.Preuss Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas, which is roughly 30 times more harmful to the climate than...
Five new species of frogs identified in museum collections
Researchers from Yale-NUS College and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered five new species of Southeast Asian...
The use of immunotherapy to treat metastatic breast cancer
Breast cancer, in the stage with distant metastases, is an incurable disease with a 5 years survival rate of about...
Designing diamonds for medical imaging technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2018 -- Japanese researchers have optimized the design of laboratory-grown, synthetic diamonds. This brings the new...
Fasting diets reduce important risk factor for cardiovascular disease
Intermittent energy restriction diets such as the 5:2 diet clears fat from the blood quicker after eating meals compared with...
Wolovick: Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise
Credit: Michael Wolovick Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of...
New genetic test detects manatees’ recent presence in fresh or saltwater
Credit: Robert Bonde, USGS. Public domain. U.S. Geological Survey scientists have developed the first laboratory test that can pick up...
Detection, deterrent system will help eagles, wind turbines coexist better
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have taken a key step toward helping wildlife coexist more safely with wind power generation by...
Revolutionary new filter can improve drinking water quality
Credit: Image: Sarp Saydam/UNSW Science UNSW Sydney scientists have developed a world-first, graphene-based, laboratory-scale filter that can remove more than...
Historians to climate researchers: Let’s talk
Credit: Princeton Avkat Archaeological Project History can tell us a lot about environmental upheaval, say Princeton University historians John Haldon...
UC Santa Cruz research signals arrival of a complete human genome
SANTA CRUZ, CA - March 19, 2018 - It's been nearly two decades since a UC Santa Cruz research team...
