Common, usually harmless group of bacteria associated with higher death rates in kidney patients
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 25, 2022) – A big group of bacteria found in our soil, our water and our showerheads are harmless for most of...
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New research shows practices of ethical finance leadership have been ‘hiding in plain sight’
The irreversible damage caused by humanity to the planet forces us to examine the entire culture and model of accounting and finance.Credit: n/a The irreversible...
Aston University bioenergy expert to give evidence to government about use of sustainable timber alternative to fossil fuel
Credit: Aston University Aston University expert to give evidence to government Professor Patricia Thornley is expert on bioenergy It can deliver net greenhouse gas...
MSU research: Understanding testosterone’s role in depression
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Major depressive disorder affects women twice as often as men, but researchers are still trying to identify the reasons why. Researchers at...
Balancing risk and reward in planetary exploration
NASA's Mars rovers strive for groundbreaking scientific discoveries as they traverse the Martian landscape. At the same time, the crews operating the rovers do all...
Laying geological groundwork for life on Earth
New research analyzing pieces of the most ancient rocks on the planet adds some of the sharpest evidence yet that Earth’s crust was pushing and...
Fossil bird’s skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for smelling and eyes made for daylight
Jeholornis was a raven-sized bird that lived 120 million years ago, among the earliest examples of dinosaurs evolving into birds, in what’s now China. The...
Study looks inside the brain during sleep to show how memory is stored
EVANSTON, Ill. --- A new study looks deep inside the brain, where previous learning was reactivated during sleep, resulting in improved memory.Credit: Department of Neurological...
Offshore mussel farms could have wider environmental benefits
Aquaculture is fast becoming integral to global food security and, to feed the world’s growing population, it is expected to continue expanding rapidly in the...
Young child’s brain, not age, determines nap transitions, research suggests
Why do some 4- and 5-year-olds still nap like clockwork every afternoon, while other preschoolers start giving up habitual napping at age 3? Credit: UMass Amherst...
The environmental footprint of food
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — In an age of industrialized farming and complex supply chains, the true environmental pressures of our global food system are often...
Using carbon-carbon clumping to detect the signature of biotic hydrocarbons
An important signature of life is the existence of organic molecules that have originated from biological processes. The most common organic molecule found in all...
Evidence for new theory of genetic recombination
In most higher organisms, including humans, every cell carries two versions of each gene, which are referred to as alleles. Each parent passes on one...
To break new ground with frequency combs, a NIST innovation plays with the beat
An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than was previously...
UTIA researchers study feed efficiency of pregnant angus heifers
While cattle production has historically focused on increasing the feed efficiency of steers to produce a marketable beef product, researchers at the University of Tennessee...
