Biology
Making comprehensive water resources modeling more accessible
Credit: IIASA The growing global population and continued economic development will likely require a significant increase in water demand, especially...
OSU researchers part of international effort to save critically endangered seabird
Credit: Dan Roby, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - The global population of the critically endangered Chinese crested tern has more than...
Purdue innovators receive $1.3 million from DoD for traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s
Credit: Ed Lausch, Lausch Photography WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Innovators at Purdue University have received new support as they work...
NASA analyzes new eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical Depression 7E
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The seventh tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean has formed. NASA's Terra satellite used infrared light...
If it’s big enough and leafy enough the birds will come
Study highlights urban parks and bird diversityCredit: Graphic by Frank La Sorte using eBird data and data from the NYC...
Advancing knowledge on archaea
An open-source data platform for researchers studying archaea is paving the way for new insights and educational opportunitiesCredit: Laboratory of...
New diagnostic test for heart failure patients could also help COVID-19 patients
New coronavirus and cardiovascular disease are linked thanks to ACE2 enzyme and may respond to same treatmentsCredit: Richard Siemens (Edmonton,...
Neanderthals of Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate
Credit: Photo: O. Lacarbonara Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of changes in climate. At least, this did not...
Signal transduction in cells: Precise or economical?
A cellular signalling cascade balances information transmission against energy consumptionCredit: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology/Sourjik Cellular signal transmission is...
Arizona rock core sheds light on triassic dark ages
Credit: Cornelia Rasmussen A rock core from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, has given scientists a powerful new tool to...
Cell death in porpoises caused by environmental pollutants
Cells isolated from a stranded dead porpoise predict the threat of pollutants to the porpoise population in the wild.Credit: Reprinted...
A new species of darkling beetle larvae that degrade plastic
Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) There floats an enormous plastic garbage island in the North Pacific that is seven times...
Portable DNA device can detect tree pests in under two hours
New method tests for harmful species like the Asian gypsy moth and sudden oak death pathogenCredit: Paul H Joseph/UBC Asian...
Simple test helps to predict and prevent falls
Scientists have developed a simple clinical test that can assess the lower limb strength of patients to predict their risk...
Researchers discover hybrid fungus involved in lung infections
This is the first time Aspergillus latus has been found in a hospital; the species is more drug-resistant than its...
Supplements with potential to prevent Alzheimer’s affect blood, but less so the brain
Omega-3 fatty acids might require larger doses to be effective -- especially for people with high-risk gene -- suggest findings...
MU advances chemotherapy-free treatment for cancer in animals and humans
Precision medicine approach has successfully treated bone cancer in dogsCredit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine COLUMBIA, Mo. - Osteosarcoma, a...
Where is the water during a drought?
Credit: Lukas Kleine In low precipitation periods - where and how is the limited available water distributed and what possibilities...
Antarctica more widely impacted by humans than previously thought
Only 16% of the continent's Important Bird Areas are located within negligibly impacted areasCredit: Steven Chown Antarctica is considered one...
St Petersburg University scientists count all the tiny snails in the Arctic
The information gathered will help to learn more about marine ecosystem pollution and climate change.Credit: SPbU Shell-bearing microgastropods are snails...
