Biology
URI oceanographers reveal links between migrating Gulf Stream and warming ocean waters
Credit: (Animation by Afonso Gonçalves Neto) KINGSTON, R.I., -- April 20, 2021 -- The Northwest Atlantic Shelf is one of...
After 40 years, new fish species in named by students on Guam
Credit: Brian Sidlauskas, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Four decades after their capture more than a half-mile below the...
Database developed on key mollusk to study pollution in coastal areas
Credit: University of Córdoba Scrobiculariaplana is a type of wedge clam widely found along the coasts and estuariesof northern Europe,...
Human land use wasn’t always at nature’s expense
Credit: Ganta Srinivas Nearly three-quarters of Earth's land had been transformed by humans by 10,000BC, but new research shows it...
All-in-one test for COVID-19 surveillance
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho A new type of COVID-19 testing strategy could help streamline the process of identifying...
The British variant is 45% more contagious than the original virus
Study at Tel Aviv University based on data from 300,000 tests for COVID-19Credit: Tel Aviv University A new study at...
Designing healthy diets – with computer analysis
Credit: Creative Commons A new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics...
Learning about system stability from ants
Credit: James Herndon A new type of collective behaviour in ants has been revealed by an international team of scientists,...
Who is selling and trafficking Africa’s wild meat?
Study looks at different types of traffickers and sellers in citiesCredit: Michelle Wieland/WCS BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (April 19, 2021)...
Northern Red Sea corals live close to the threshold of resistance to cold temperatures
Though these corals can tolerate very high temperatures, a new study reveals that even a slight cold spell can cause...
Stone Age black bears didn’t just defecate in the woods – they did it in a cave too
Scientists have sequenced ancient DNA from soil for the first time and the advance will transform what is known about...
What does the study of domesticated birds tell us about the evolution of human language?
Looking for keys of the human language evolution in bird singingCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Language is one of the most...
Mirror, mirror…viewing your own face, even subconsciously, is rewarding
Researchers from Osaka University find that subconscious viewing of your own face can activate reward pathwaysCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan...
Fat grafts enhanced with ADSCs show promise in treating facial scleroderma
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine suggests a new way to...
Human land-use and climate change will have significant impact on animal genetic diversity
Credit: Colourbox. Over the last 200 years, researchers have worked towards understanding the global distribution of species and ecosystems. But...
UK waters are home again to the bluefin tuna
Credit: Tom Horton Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to UK waters and can once again be seen during the summer...
Can cirrhosis of the liver be treated with faeces transplantation?
Researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital replace sick intestinal bacteria with intestinal bacteria from healthy donors in a...
Scientists developed a technology for processing liquid industrial waste
Universal technology is cost-effective, allows to purify industrial wastewater, desalinate water, and dispose of wasteCredit: UrFU / Eduard Nikulnikov Russian...
Where’s my horse-sized rabbit?
Kyoto University examines the lack of size diversity in rabbits and haresCredit: Adrienne Stroup (https://adriennestroup.wordpress.com/) Japan -- Next to cat...
New model describes the (scaling) laws of the jungle
Credit: Illustration: Mesa Schumacher for the Santa Fe Institute A forest looks like a hotbed of randomness, with trees and...
