Biology
Britain’s emissions dropped by 6 percent in 2016 by switching from coal to natural gas
University of Sheffield analysis considered the rapid switch from coal to natural gas generation in Britain in 2016, and found...
Rooting for answers
Credit: NASA When plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps...
Chance is a factor in the survival of species
In a major study, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have studied the role of chance in whether a species...
New targeted therapy schedule could keep melanoma at bay
(PHILADELPHIA) -- Skin melanoma, a particularly insidious cancer, accounts for the vast majority skin cancer deaths and is one of...
Edges and corners increase efficiency of catalytic converters
Credit: Credit: DESY, Lucid Berlin Catalytic converters for cleaning exhaust emissions are more efficient when they use nanoparticles with many...
Combination breast cancer therapy targets tumor cells and the blood vessels that feed them
Each day, normal human cell tissues express a protein known as p53 that wages war against potential malignancies. However, between...
New method speeds up development of medication
Credit: UZH One of the key steps in developing new drugs is determining the atomic structure of its biologically active...
Rapid adaptation
This story begins in the kelp forest and ends with a very important climate change message: All is not lost...
A simple method developed for 3-D bio-fabrication based on bacterial cellulose
Credit: Luiz G. Greca Bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers are promising building blocks for the development of sustainable materials with the...
Animal migrations
Forty million miles of major roads crisscross the Earth's continents -- enough to circle the planet 1,600 times. For humans,...
Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people
Credit: Mclein/Shutterstock.com Medellin, Colombia -- Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of two fifths of...
Are fire ants worse this spring because of Hurricane Harvey?
Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (March 26, 2018) -- Rice University ecologists are checking to see if Hurricane Harvey's...
Prenatal stress changes brain connectivity in-utero
March 26, 2018 - Boston - The time babies spend in the womb is far from idle. The brain is...
Research reveals a new direction for halting the citrus greening epidemic
Credit: Marina Mann ITHACA, NY - New clues to how the bacteria associated with citrus greening infect the only insect...
Caribou drone study finds ‘enormous variation’ within herd
Credit: Drone footage courtesy Andrew Berdahl et al. Camera footage courtesy Jeff Turner, River Road Films, Ltd. Edited by Nate...
How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzees
Credit: Photo by Geza Teleki. DURHAM, N.C. -- Power. Ambition. Jealousy. According to a new study, the same things that...
Themed issue lays foundation for emerging field of collective movement ecology
On land, in air, and through water, many species of animals move together in groups. Thundering herds of wildebeest migrate...
Rocky habitats need to be protected for endangered amphibians to survive
Credit: Lewis Davies/University of Plymouth Rare amphibians living on rocky plateaux in western India are in desperate need of greater...
OU study reveals trends of US surface water body area over three decades
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma research study, led by Professor Xiangming Xiao, reveals the divergent trends of...
New research shows fertilization drives global lake emissions of greenhouse gases
Credit: Credit: Christian Dinkel DULUTH, Minnesota--A paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first...