Biology
Solar flux: From bug to feature
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory: Ivanpah solar flux measurement Excess solar flux could be harnessed and used to generate additional electricity...
Researchers map the illegal use of natural resources in the protected Brazilian Amazon
(PeerJ) New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015...
Giant bacteria make algae easy to stomach
Credit: © 2017 Till Rothig and Anna Roik Red Sea surgeonfish use metabolically diverse giant bacteria to digest different types...
Research to personalize pre- and probiotic Rx to reduce diseases linked to HIV and alcohol use
New Orleans, LA - The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $401,500...
Research reveals how rabies can induce frenzied behavior
Credit: Illustration by Meghan Murphy. Scientists may finally understand how the rabies virus can drastically change its host's behavior to...
New ichthyosaur species, long gone, found in a storeroom
Credit: The University of Nottingham A new species of ichthyosaur has been identified from a fossil that has been in...
Research clarifies nuclear hormone receptor function in plants
Credit: IGDB The striking capacity for plants to adapt their growth and development to an ever-changing environment is mediated by...
Breeding salt-tolerant plants
Credit: Picture: Jennifer Böhm Soil erosion is considered as a problem that puts the nutrition of the human population at...
DNA study in the Pacific reveals 2000 percent increase in our knowledge of mollusc biodiversity
Credit: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Helena Wiklund Scientists working in the new frontier for deep-sea mining have revealed a remarkable...
Machine learning translates ‘hidden’ information to reveal chemistry in action
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Chemistry is a complex dance of atoms. Subtle shifts in position and shuffles of electrons...
Home-Brewed Poppy Seed Tea Can Be Lethal, Study Finds
Credit: Harriet McHale/SHSU HUNTSVILLE, TX (10-10-17) -- A home-brewing technique used to extract morphine from unwashed poppy seeds can produce...
Study shows antibody-biogel partnership can be stronger defense than previously thought
(CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Oct. 10, 2017) -- Strong molecular bonds between antibodies and biological gels like mucus aren't necessary...
Major breakthrough identifies new mechanism for the development of schizophrenia
Credit: Dr Matthew Campbell, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland...
$900K NSF grant helps Wake Forest researchers look for the big picture in big data
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Ever put an unripe avocado into a bag with a banana to make it guacamole-ready?...
Evolution: The beneficiaries of mass extinction
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk, website: victorleshyk.com Mass extinctions were followed by periods of low diversity in which certain new species...
NREL evaluates charging infrastructure needs for growing fleet of electric vehicles
A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) quantifies how much charging infrastructure would...
‘Fake fin’ discovery reveals new ichthyosaur species
Credit: (c) National Museum of Wales - Dean R. Lomax.jpg An ichthyosaur first discovered in the 1970s but then dismissed...
Marine snowfall at the equator
The great ocean currents with their immense energy transport have a decisive influence on the atmosphere and thus the climate....
New mutations in iPS cells are mainly concentrated in non-transcriptional regions
Induced pluripotent stem cells--stem cell-like cells that have been reprogrammed from normal body cells--are a promising avenue of regenerative medicine,...
Mass extinctions led to low species diversity, dinosaur rule
Credit: Image courtesy of Victor O. Leshyk. Two of the earth's five mass extinction events - times when more than...
