Biology
Decolonising ecology? How to adopt practices that make science more equitable
Credit: Keren Cooper Knowledge systems outside of those sanctioned by Western universities have often been marginalised or simply not engaged...
Exhibit at Venice Architecture Biennale features work of UTA students, faculty
CAPPA work on display at international architecture exhibitionCredit: UT Arlington An exhibit about watershed urbanism, featuring work by faculty and...
Deep and extreme: Microbes thrive in transition
Credit: © Caladan Oceanic LLC A diverse microbial community has adapted to an extremely salty environment deep in the Red...
New study shows never before seen nutrient exchanges between algae and bacteria
Research co-led by Newcastle University has shed new light on important microscopic scale interactions between algae and bacteria predicated on...
Researchers first synthesize conjoined bismacrocycle with all phenylene units
Credit: ZHANG Xinyu et al. The research team led by Prof. DU Pingwu from the University of Science and Technology...
Virus infection cycle revealed in dynamic detail
Credit: Roger Castells-Graells A critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in...
Oregon State University research shows two invasive beachgrasses are hybridizing
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Two species of sand-stabilizing beachgrasses introduced to the Pacific Northwest starting in the...
Experimental broadcast of whitewater river noise drives bats and birds away
Intense noise reduces bird foraging activity and causes bats to switch hunting strategiesCredit: Dr. Cory Toth While many might consider...
Lehigh Engineering PhD students earn prestigious STEM research fellowships from NSF, DoD
Credit: Courtesy of Nicole Malofsky and Mari-Therese Burton / Lehigh University Rossin College PhD students Mari-Therese Burton (materials science and...
Finer touch for tuning stem cell “fate” with substrates of varying stiffness
Quantitative control over localization of key proteins in mesenchymal stem cellsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo...
Pandemic paleo: A wayward skull, at-home fossil analyses, a first for Antarctic amphibians
Credit: Christian Sidor Paleontologists had to adjust to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many had to postpone fossil excavations,...
Railway infrastructure susceptible to greater damages from climate change
$2.06 billion/year can be saved by keeping warming to 1.5 °C instead of 3 °C for Chinese railwayCredit: Kai Liu...
Indigenous peoples and local communities, key to achieving biodiversity goals
An international study led by the ICTA-UAB states that recognizing indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency is critical...
New mechanism to control tomato ripening discovered
It opens the door to producing tomatoes of a higher commercial and nutritional qualityCredit: UPV An international research group involving...
Who’s in this ocean? Tracking down species on the go using environmental DNA
Credit: Andre Morandini Sloughed off skin and bodily fluids are things most people would prefer to avoid. But for marine...
Russian wildfires and tropospheric ozone pollution over Northern Tibetan Plateau
Credit: Jinqiang Zhang Atmospheric ozone, which can regulate the amount of incoming ultraviolet radiation on the Earth's surface, is important...
A tripartite-chromosome E. coli strain allows the chromosome isolation and implantation
The technology for genome installation in model organismsCredit: Rikkyo University The issue of concern was that the Escherichia coli (E....
Biodiversity devastation: Human-driven decline requires millions of years of recovery
Credit: C. Albrecht (JLU) A new study shows that the current rate of biodiversity decline in freshwater ecosystems outcompetes that...
Engineering smarter stents
Pitt Engineer Youngjae Chun is part of international group that received $2M to create smarter coronary artery stentsCredit: University of...
Springer Nature supports SDGs with a publication on the impact of climate change in Africa
The African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation will be open access; immediately available to all to build on knowledgeCredit: Springer...
