Biology
Leaf beetles: Even a tiny dose of pesticide will impair reproduction
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University One finding is that leaf beetles lay roughly 35 per cent fewer eggs after coming into...
Beware doping athletes! This sensor may be your downfall
Credit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Scientists searching for traces of drugs, bomb-making components and other chemicals often shine...
Study reinforces the Amazon forest’s importance in regulating atmospheric chemistry
Credit: photo: GOAmazon Airborne measurements made as part of the Green Ocean Amazon experiment (GOAmazon) show that the Amazon rainforest...
Toward a better sweat test for babies with cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an incurable genetic disease in which patients have chronic lung infections. The sooner CF is diagnosed,...
Materials emitted by water pipe-repair method may pose health risks
Credit: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- New research is calling for immediate safeguards and the study of a widely...
Methane-eating microbes may reduce release of gases as Antarctic ice sheets melt
Credit: Reed Scherer GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Lurking in a lake half a mile beneath Antarctica's icy surface, methane-eating microbes may...
Aardvarks’ fate points to worrying consequences for wildlife, due to climate change
Credit: Wits University The aardvark, a highlight for anyone on a game-viewing African safari, will become increasingly rare as the...
Cells that stand in the way of HIV cure: Discovery expands understanding of marrow’s role
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Every day, 17 million HIV-infected people around the world swallow pills that...
Coral disease outbreaks fluctuate with El Niño years, new research finds
(Florida Institute of Technology) Disease outbreaks in corals have followed El Niño-fueled coral bleaching events in the past, leading to...
Scientists map the distribution of antimicrobial resistance across Chinese major cities
Credit: Image by AN Xinli Global emergence of antimicrobial resistance threatens therapies that combat infections by bacterial pathogens. Resistance genes...
The Gulf of Mexico before the spill
The Gulf of Mexico is a special body of water with a flora and fauna that may well be unique....
New genomics tool CITE-Seq enables large-scale multidimensional analysis of single cells
NEW YORK, NY (July 31, 2017) - A new technique developed by scientists at the New York Genome Center (NYGC)...
The new yellow sea snake assumes an unusual ambush posture
Credit: Brooke L. Bessesen Carrying its petite frame and all-yellow skin, the recently scrutinized sea snake populations from Golfo Dulce,...
High altitude research aircraft explores the upper levels of the Asian Monsoon
The Asian Monsoon System is one of the Earth's largest and most energetic weather systems, and monsoon rainfall is critical...
Understanding how fishers fish on coral reefs can inform fishery management strategies
Credit: Figure provided by lead author Tyler Pavlowich A Dartmouth study of spearfishing on a Caribbean coral reef illustrates how...
‘Invasive’ species have been around much longer than believed
Credit: Jennifer Fitchett and Louis Scott The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Palaeoscience funded researchers based in the School of...
Exercise in early life has long-lasting benefits
The researchers, from the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland, found that bone retains a "memory" of exercise's effects...
New and novel technologies successfully demonstrated in soilborne disease study
St. Paul, Minn. (August 2017)--Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS), a prominent soilborne disease of soybean, can be devastating. Yield losses from...
Cycad leaf physiology research needed
Credit: Thomas Marler The living cycad species are among the world's most threatened plant groups, but are also among the...
WSU study shows muted stress response linked to long-term cannabis use
Credit: WSU A new study by Washington State University psychology researchers reveals a dampened physiological response to stress in chronic...
