Biology
Harvest of nuisance black bears in New Jersey reducing human-bear conflicts
Credit: New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife LOGAN, UTAH, USA – Is there room for black bears in human-dominated...
Texas Biomed scientist receives 5-year, $4.6 million MERIT Award for malaria research
Credit: G. Harrison, courtesy of Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (January 25, 2017) – The study of drug resistance in...
Tigers, ready to be counted
Credit: Ullas Karanth / WCS (Bangalore, India (03/29/17) – A new methodology developed by the Indian Statistical Institute, and WCS...
Fossil discovery suggests size poor predictor of maturity in ancient reptiles
Paleontologists at Virginia Tech have found that muscle-scarred fossil leg bones of one of the closest cousins of dinosaurs that...
‘Chemtrails’ not real, say leading atmospheric science…
Credit: Courtesy of Mick West. Washington, DC– Well-understood physical and chemical processes can easily explain the alleged evidence of a...
Stampede 2 drives the frontiers of science and engineering forward
Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $30 million award to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The...
You’re not too old to learn that
Credit: Rachel Wu UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – One day, our brains will not work the way they used to,...
Cholera hotspots found at Uganda’s borders and lakes
Credit: Mohammad Ali, 18 Nov 2017 Uganda is among the countries is sub-Saharan Africa where cholera remains a recurring problem,...
Sea urchin spurs new ideas for lightweight materials
Materials researchers love sea creatures. Mother-of-pearl provokes ideas for smooth surfaces, clams inspire gluey substances, shark's skin is used to...
Mouse study reveals genes essential for life and provides insights…
Credit: National Cancer Institute Roughly a third of all genes in the mammalian genome are essential for life. A new...
University of Miami researchers awarded 2 NIH contracts to study Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly and occurs in all ethnic and racial groups. It...
The latest weapons against climate change: The beaver, the oyster, cold water and…
Credit: Jeff Burrell/WCS Beavers, high elevation streams, and oyster reefs are just three of the weapons in the fight against...
Reconstructing life at its beginning, cell by cell
Credit: Drosophila Virtual Expression eXplorer, BIMSB at the MDC After 13 rapid divisions a fertilized fly egg consists of about...
First validated canine behavioral genetics findings of nine fear and aggression traits in…
Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental illness in the United States. And while much is understood about...
Researchers discover that human hair and nails can tell toxic secrets
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Chemicals used as flame retardants that are potentially harmful to humans are found in...
Cornell professors to launch NSF-funded space experiments
Credit: Cornell University For two Cornell engineering professors, the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory is basically a high-powered microscope...
HKU Professor Kenneth Leung conferred as a Fellow SETAC
Credit: The University of Hong Kong On 12 November 2017, Professor Kenneth Leung Mei-yee of the Swire Institute of Marine...
Game theory shows how tragedies of the commons might be averted
Credit: Credit: Ed Jackson Lake Lanier in Georgia is the primary water reservoir serving suburban and metropolitan Atlanta. When the...
Wolf behaviour undeterred by tailings ponds and pit mines
Credit: Wildlife Habitat Effectiveness and Connectivity, 2014 EDMONTON (Wednesday, August 30, 2017)–Wolves do not avoid areas of human disturbance when...
Citrus scion/rootstock combinations show tolerance to huanglongbing
FORT PIERCE, FL – The citrus disease huanglongbing (HLB) is endemic in Florida, where it is estimated that more than...
