A chronicle of giant straight-tusked elephants
Credit: Hsu Shu-yu About 800,000 years ago, the giant straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon migrated out of Africa and became widespread across Europe and Asia. It divided...
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‘Treasure trove’ of new discoveries highlights gaps in coral knowledge
Credit: Credit to Jeremy Horowitz/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Scientists discovered dozens of new coral species on a recent voyage along the...
Advanced polymers help streamline water purification, environmental remediation
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- It takes a lot of energy to collect, clean and dispose of contaminated water. Some contaminants, like...
Air pollution in New York City linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away
Credit: Stefan Doerr via Immageo, CC BY-ND 3.0 A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires from as far as Canada...
Larry Mayer selected as recipient of the Walter Munk medal
Awarded for extraordinary accomplishments and novel insights in the area of physical oceanography, ocean acoustics, or marine geophysicsCredit: John Farrell The Oceanography Society proudly announces...
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people — and now scientists know why
Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn't get very far. They rely on this sense to find a host to bite...
‘Innovative research award’ helps Colorado scientists block brain cancer escape routes
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancers used to be defined by where they grow in the body - lung cancer, skin cancer, brain cancer,...
A model ecosystem fish story
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Have I got a fish story for you. Any angler beginning a yarn like that usually ends...
Platypus on brink of extinction
Credit: UNSW Science Australia's devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with increasing reports of rivers drying...
$2M NSF grant fuels Lehigh U research partnership with Michelin North America, Cornell
Lehigh bioengineering chair Anand Jagota lands university's first LEAP HI GOALI award in support of work on friction that could lead to safety innovations in...
Determining the atomic structure of natural products more rapidly and accurately
Credit: Songhwan Hwang, FMP Many drugs are derived from natural products. But before natural products can be exploited, chemists must first determine their structure and...
Researcher discovers previously rejected function in the brain’s blood vessels
Credit: Lauritzen Lab, University of Copenhagen Allegedly, they should not exist in the brain, the so-called precapillary sphincters - a kind of squeezing 'muscle clamp'...
Low power metal detector senses magnetic fingerprints
Device designed for security systems can be built smaller, without the need for an active, energy-extensive doorwayCredit: Huan Liu WASHINGTON, January 21, 2020 -- Most...
HP-NTU corporate lab showcases R&D innovations
Announces digital manufacturing skills development program for the fourth industrial revolutionCredit: NTU Singapore Researchers from global technology leader HP Inc. and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...
Study provides the first data on concussion risk in youth football
Credit: Virginia Tech For decades, there's been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth football players are more vulnerable...
