Biology
Record-breaking marine heatwave powered by climate change cooks Tasmania’s fisheries
Climate change was almost certainly responsible for a marine heatwave off Tasmania's east coast in 2015/16 that lasted 251 days...
Amphibians can become tolerant to pesticides, but at a cost
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Amphibians can develop tolerance to pesticides, but this tolerance...
Artificial sweeteners linked to risk of weight gain, heart disease and other health issues
Artificial sweeteners may be associated with long-term weight gain and increased risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart...
Study identifies tools to identify patients at risk for autism spectrum disorders
CINCINNATI -- A tool intended to detect signs of autism in high-risk infants can be used to help identify and...
A firefly’s flash inspires new nanolaser light
Credit: Reproduced with permission from ref 1. © 2017 Gongora et al. A reinvented, low-cost laser source that stores light...
Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic’s low oxygen oceans
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin/Rowan Martindale Using a combination of fossils and chemical markers, scientists have tracked how...
Synchrotron light used to show human domestication of seeds from 2000 BC
Credit: Diamond Light Source Scientists from UCL have used the UK's synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to document for the...
The last survivors on Earth
The world's most indestructible species, the tardigrade, an eight-legged micro-animal, also known as the water bear, will survive until the...
FSU researcher makes deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific
Credit: Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific...
The biodiversity data journal Check List joins Pensoft’s open access portfolio
Credit: Check List and Pensoft The well-reputed and established journal Check List is the latest biodiversity-themed title to join scholarly...
How protein interactions drive cellular death
Researchers at the Universities of Tübingen and Konstanz, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the Max Planck Institute of Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart,...
When life gives you lemons, make bioplastics!
Credit: Public domain From your phone case to airplane windows, polycarbonates are everywhere. Several million tons of polycarbonate are produced...
Walking like ants gives spiders a chance
ITHACA, N.Y. - Humans aren't the only actors on the planet. To avoid being eaten, some jumping spiders pretend to...
The end of aging? Targeting the underlying mechanisms for enhancing human healthspan
San Francisco, CA -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), http://www.afar.org, the world-renowned non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and...
New limits to functional portion of human genome reported
Credit: University of Houston An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more...
Increased sample size in 2015 survey
Credit: Rob Margetta The National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics has more than doubled the sample...
ASHG honors Daniel MacArthur with inaugural Early-Career Award
Credit: courtesy Broad Institute BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Daniel MacArthur, PhD, Assistant...
Climate change: Biodiversity rescues biodiversity in a warmer world
Credit: Jacob Miller The last month was recorded as the warmest June ever in many parts of the world. Last...
Mapping invasive alien species of Union concern
The first ever Baseline Distribution of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern has been published by the JRC. The 37...
Endangered Cuban crocodiles come home
Credit: André Baumgarten/WCS HAVANA, Cuba (July 13, 2017) - Experts from WCS's Global Conservation Programs and WCS's Bronx Zoo assisted...
