Biology
Rutherford County’s Rachel Painter garners National Honor
Painter awarded with National Master Gardener Distinguished Early Career Coordinator AwardCredit: Image courtesy UTIA. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - A University of...
Ambitious project spanning 5 states, 8 institutions will focus on intermittent streams
Credit: Carla Atkinson LAWRENCE -- A major new research project headquartered at the University of Kansas will investigate how intermittent...
Halt post-disturbance logging in forests
Credit: (Photo: Simon Thorn / University of Wuerzburg) Storms, fires, bark beetles: Many forests around the world are increasingly affected...
Generational shifts help migratory bats keep pace with global warming
Credit: Anton Vlaschenko Many animal species are currently changing their distribution range owing to global warming. The underlying mechanisms are...
Study shows impact of climate change on Neotropical freshwater ecosystems
Researchers from six countries in the Americas explored bromeliad microcosms, showing how drought and flood affect the functioning of aquatic...
UBCO researchers concerned about prey and predator species in post-fire logging areas
Salvage harvesting damages vital habitat for wildlife speciesCredit: Photo credit Angelina Kelly. New research from UBC Okanagan shows that salvage...
Scientists predict potential spread, habitat of invasive Asian giant hornet
Credit: Photo courtesy WSDA PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University have predicted how and where the Asian giant hornet,...
Faulty transportation of messenger RNA is the culprit in ALS
The lack of protein TDP-43 in two neurodegenerative diseases is shown to prevent neuron growth via failed transport of RNA...
Decreased protein degradation in cerebellum leads to motor dysfunction
Progress in overcoming spinocerebellar ataxia, an intractable genetic diseaseCredit: Associate Professor Takahiro Seki A research team from Kumamoto University, Japan...
Don’t sleep on the hypnotic potential of thalidomide
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that the hypnotic and teratogenic effects of thalidomide are separableCredit: University of Tsukuba...
New mouse model of tau propagation
Credit: TMIMS Accumulation of assembled tau protein in the central nervous system is characteristic of Alzheimer's disease and several other...
Jaws of death: USU Eastern paleontologist renames giant, prehistoric marine lizard
Prehistoric Museum curator Joshua Lively describes a new genus of mosasaur that roamed the oceansCredit: BYU PRICE, UTAH, USA -...
Startup focused on genomics data joins national health care accelerator
Credit: Karyosoft/Rajesh Perianayagam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue Foundry-affiliated company with a growing reputation as a search engine for...
Inside the secret lives of synchronous fireflies
Credit: Peleg Lab During typical summers in the southeastern U.S., streams of visitors travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park...
Global change ecologist leads NASA satellite study of rapid greening across Arctic tundra
International team of researchers finds the region has become greener as warmer air and soil temperatures lead to increased plant...
Updated and easy-to-use compendium helps users diagnose and treat pea diseases and pests
Credit: APS PRESS Since publication of the second edition of Compendium of Pea Diseases and Pests by APS PRESS almost...
Fungi in a warmer world
Research project will explore impact of global warming on fungi speciesCredit: Dr Matthew Pound, Northumbria University Scientists from universities in...
Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos
Credit: Alexander Georgiev GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a...
Entomologists from SPbU discover a rare species of tropical Heteroptera with long antennae
It was named Tatupa grafei and classified as belonging to plant bugs (Miridae)Credit: SPbU The Heteroptera are a large group...
Warming ocean, old-forest loss put a squeeze on an elusive seabird
Credit: Photo courtesy OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Squeezed by changing ocean conditions that limit their food options...
