Biology
Lopez named to UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers
Teaching excellence at UTACredit: UTArlington Ramon Lopez, a professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been...
Half-Earth preservation with Natura 2000
In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists...
Machine learning detects importance of land stewardship in conservation policy
Credit: Pushpendra Rana, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - At the southern tip of the Himalayas, farmers in the Kangra...
Scientists discover how neuroactive steroids dampen inflammatory signaling in cells
The research, published in Scientific Reports, shows how new compounds could target specific brain cell receptors to treat a wide...
Mount Sinai research program awarded $12.5 million NIH grant to continue to study the role of hormones in menopause and aging biology
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $12.5 million grant from the National...
In the squirrel world, prime real estate is determined by previous owner, study reveals
Researchers found male squirrels store more food than females, and if a young squirrel leaving the nest nabs a storage...
Future of US citrus may hinge on consumer acceptance of genetically modified food
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin, is threatening...
Scientists look to past to help identify fish threatened with local extinction
Credit: Tim McClanahan/WCS NEW YORK (February 13, 2019)--Marine scientists from the University of Queensland, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other...
Ancient fossilized tracks suggest multicellular life far older than previously thought
Controversial discovery suggests early complex organisms may have originated 2.1 billion years ago--more than 1.5 billion years sooner than previous...
Study yields new clues to predict tipping points for marsh survival
By analyzing hundreds of estuaries at multiple spatial scales, new research identifies factors that drive marsh loss but may be...
FEFU scientists found persistent organic pollutants in animal fur
Researchers point out that at the global level, the environmental contamination by POPs compounds is increasingCredit: Photo by Tadeusz Lakota...
New method uses fluorescence to identify disease-causing forms of proteins
Credit: Zhang Lab, Penn State A new method uses fluorescence to detect potentially disease-causing forms of proteins as they unravel...
Exercise gives older men a better brain boost
Men have stronger positive correlation between fitness and brain function, study finds Rockville, Md. (February 13, 2019)--New research suggests that...
Upcycling plastic bags into battery parts (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Plastic bag pollution has become a huge environmental problem, prompting some cities and countries to heavily...