Biology
Today's children reach bone maturity earlier, study reveals
Findings establish 'New normal' for when children reach fullCredit: University of Missouri Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (December 17, 2018) - Children...
Clemson researchers: Trees grow more efficient leaves to compensate for hurricane damage
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom -- Some tree species heal from the ravages of hurricane damage by growing replacement leaves optimized for...
Recruiting ants to fight weeds on the farm
Credit: Barbara Baraibar, Penn State Harvester ants that eat weed seeds on the soil's surface can help farmers manage weeds...
Broading the biodiversity catalogue of spider populations in the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian arachnology: An area to be exploredCredit: Marc Domènech (University of Barcelona) The new study, covering the largest study area...
Experts identify 'tipping point' in tree disease outbreaks
New models which can predict the critical point at which plant pests and diseases shift from being a localised problem...
The importance of 'edge populations' to biodiversity
Protecting plants at the northern limit of their range may help species survive climate changeCredit: Hargreaves/McGill University More than two-thirds...
Dive-bombing for love: Male hummingbirds dazzle females with a highly synchronized display
Male broad-tailed hummingbirds synchronize speed, sound and a flash of their iridescent throat feathers in a dramatic courtship dive to...
Deciphering infanticide
Research points to chemical and sensory cues that trigger infant-directed aggressive behavior in male mice It may seem like one...
Register for the JGI 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting takes place April 2-5, 2019 at...
Fossils suggest flowers originated 50 million years earlier than thought
The discovery in China of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic shakes up widely accepted...
KU Leuven researchers use sound waves to prevent small chemical reactors from clogging up
Credit: KU Leuven - Rob Stevens Companies are keen to use miniature chemical reactors to make pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals,...
Salmon may lose the ability to smell danger as carbon emissions rise
Credit: Andy Dittman/Northwest Fisheries Science Center The ability to smell is critical for salmon. They depend on scent to avoid...
Pathogen predicament: How bacteria propel themselves out of a tight spot
Scientists have deciphered how some types of 'swimming' bacteria have evolved to be able to escape when trapped in small...
Explaining differences in rates of evolution
Credit: ETH Zurich The rate at which evolution produces new species of plants and animals, or at which existing species...
Takeaway containers — the environmental cost of packing our favorite fast-foods
Scientists say more should be done to tackle the growing environmental impact of takeaway food containers. A new study estimates...
Flowers originated 50 million years earlier than previously thought
Credit: NIGPAS Analysis of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic (more than 174 million years...
Milken Institute releases index ranking states on tech and innovation
Massachusetts, Colorado, Maryland, California, and Utah are top five for high-tech innovation, education, and investment LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2018...
HKU fossil imaging helps push back feather origins by 70 million years
Credit: @Reconstruction by Yuan Zhang In a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, an international team...
Peering into Little Foot's 3.67 million-year-old brain
First ever endocast reconstruction of the nearly complete brain of the hominin known as Little Foot reveals a small brain...
Predicting inhibitor for multidrug resistance associated protein-2 transporter
This article by Dr. Prabha Garg et al. is published in Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Volume 21 ,...
