Biology
Fish-rich diets may boost babies’ brain development
Women could enhance the development of their unborn child's eyesight and brain function by regularly eating fatty fish during pregnancy....
Glacial engineering could limit sea-level rise, if we get our emissions under control
Credit: NASA/J. Yungel Targeted engineering projects to hold off glacier melting could slow down the collapse of ice sheets and...
Can a common heart condition cause sudden death?
Credit: Zhen Ma, PhD SAN FRANCISCO, CA--September 18, 2018-- About one person out of 500 has a heart condition known...
Is the end of the recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) a good thing?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2018-- Recently, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Super cheap earth element to advance new battery tech to the industry
Credit: Purdue University Marketing and Media photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Most of today's batteries are made up of rare...
Simulations of every woman’s breast tissue address delay on enhanced MRI cancer detection
Credit: Purdue University image/Xin Li WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- No woman's breast tissue is the same, so MRIs detecting and...
Plant growth-promoting bacteria enhance plant salinity tolerance
Credit: (Photo courtesy: IRRI, Philippines) Soil salinity is one of the key abiotic stress factor affecting agricultural productivity worldwide. Every...
Premature brains develop differently in boys and girls
Brains of baby boys born prematurely are affected differently and more severely than premature infant girls' brains. This is according...
Fly mating choices may help explain variation across species
(University of Stirling) Scientists at the University of Stirling have shed new light on the impact of sexual selection on...
Oldest-known aquatic reptiles probably spent time on land
Credit: Roman Yevseyev and Graciela Piñeiro The oldest known aquatic reptiles, the mesosaurs, probably spent part of their life on...
Russian scientists applied aerospace technologies to combat fresh water deficit
Credit: Samara University Young specialists of JSC "Metallist-Samara" and scientists of Samara University are completing the testing cycle of a...
From crystals to climate: ‘Gold standard’ timeline links flood basalts to climate change
Credit: Josh Murray, Princeton University Imagine an enormous volcano erupting in the Pacific Northwest, pouring lava across Washington, Oregon and...
‘Hoppy’ beer without exploding bottles and too much alcohol
The forgotten art of "dry-hopping" beer to enhance flavor is back in vogue. But this practice sometimes has undesirable side...
Origami inspires highly efficient solar steam generator
Water covers most of the globe, yet many regions still suffer from a lack of clean drinking water. If scientists...
Puerto Rico, one year later
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, wreaking destruction that still lingers. The Category 4 storm caused a...
Mineral weathering from thawing permafrost can release substantial CO2
Credit: Scott Zolkos EDMONTON (September 19, 2018)--The amount of carbon dioxide released from thawing permafrost might be greater than previously...
Scientists examine variations in a cell’s protein factory
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--September 19, 2018--You can think of a cell in your body like a miniature factory, creating a final...
UT engineers develop first method for controlling nanomotors
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- In a breakthrough for nanotechnology, engineers at...
NSF awards contract to group led by WHOI to continue OOI
Credit: Photo by James Kuo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it has awarded a...
New research identifies abundant endangered fish below waterfall in San Juan River
Credit: Bureau of Reclamation Prolonged drought and increased water use in the southwest United States have led to shrinking reservoirs...
