Biology
Small climb in mean temperatures linked to far higher chance of deadly heat waves
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., June 7, 2017 -- An increase in mean temperature of 0.5 degrees Celsius...
Geology and biology agree on Pangaea supercontinent breakup dates
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found that independent estimates from geology and biology agree on the timing...
Finding new homes won’t help Emperor penguins cope with climate change
Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephanie Jenouvrier, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution If projections for melting Antarctic sea ice through 2100 are...
3-D-modeling of food residues in 230 million years old fossil feces
Credit: Picture Martin Qvarnstrom Synchrotron scanning can produce high-quality 3D models of well-preserved food residues from fossil faeces. That's the...
Indonesia makes its fishing fleet visible to the world through Global Fishing Watch
Credit: Global Fishing Watch/2017 NEW YORK: This week, at the United Nation's Ocean Conference, the Republic of Indonesia becomes the...
New technique enables 3-D printing with paste of silicone particles in water
Credit: Orlin Velev, NC State University Using the principles behind the formation of sandcastles from wet sand, North Carolina State...
How can you tell deep-sea octopuses apart? Check their warts
Credit: Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. It's usually pretty easy for dedicated scientists with years of...
Biology professor uses microphones to track pollinating bees in new study
Credit: Courtesy: Nicole Miller-Struttmann ST. LOUIS - Tracking pollinating bees is a huge business in the world of agriculture. It's...
Fungi awake bacteria from their slumber
Credit: UFZ When a soil dries out, this has a negative impact on the activity of soil bacteria. Using an...
Invasive alien plant control assessed for the Kruger National Park in South Africa
Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a...
How soil bacteria can protect against corrosion in steel
The cell surface of a common soil bacteria (Streptomyces sp.) is not only hydrophobic but it protects the organism from...
Why do Antarctic krill stocks fluctuate?
Oldenburg/Bremerhaven (Germany), 6th June 2017. It is only six centimetres long, but it plays a major role in the Antarctic...
Dinosaur Provincial Park, the Canadian Rockies, and the fossils of the Burgess Shale
Credit: Bryon Veilleux. Boulder, Colo., USA: A new field guide in conjunction with GSA's Rocky Mountain Section meeting offers five...
A 12-hour biological clock coordinates essential bodily functions
Some bodily activities, sleeping, for instance, mostly occur once every 24 hours; they follow a circadian rhythm. Other bodily functions,...
Meals on the go: The physics of whales’ eating habits
Credit: Saint Louis University In a recent paper published in PLOS One, Saint Louis University professor of physics Jean Potvin,...
New way to detect Palmer amaranth in contaminated seedlots
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn URBANA, Ill. - Last summer, farmers in the Midwest got an unwelcome surprise after planting native...
Ambiguous pledges leave large uncertainty under Paris climate agreement
Under the pledges made by countries under the Paris Agreement on climate change, greenhouse gas emissions could range from 47...
El Niño and global warming combine to cause record-breaking heat in Southeast Asia
(University of Texas at Austin) Scientists at The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have found that a devastating...
Researchers identify a key controller of biological machinery in cell’s ‘antenna’
Credit: Peter Barta / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital molecular biologists have identified an enzyme...
Analysis of pathways activation landscape in oral squamous cell carcinoma and pre-neoplastic lesions
Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) affects over 300,000 people worldwide each year, and most patients already...
