Biology
Bee health is topic of new pollen research at UMass Amherst
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Biology professor Lynn Adler at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an expert in pollination...
California Academy of Sciences advancing hope for reefs in the Philippines
Credit: Terry Gosliner © California Academy of Sciences San Francisco (June 8, 2017)-- The California Academy of Sciences' Hope for...
Male sexual behavior linked to elevated male sex hormone receptors in muscles of sex-changing fish
Credit: Kory Gozjack ATLANTA--Sex-changing fish exhibit differences in androgen receptor (AR) expression in muscles that are highly sensitive to androgens...
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...
Oyster shells inspire new method to make superstrong, flexible polymers
Credit: Sanat Kumar/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--June 7, 2017--Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated for the first time a new...
Climate change misconceptions common among teachers, study finds
Recent studies have shown that misconceptions about climate change and the scientific studies that have addressed climate change are pervasive...
First dual-targeting nanoparticles lower cancer’s defenses and attack tumors
Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most exciting directions in cancer treatment. But the approach only works in...
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