Coral reefs and squat lobsters flourished 150 million years ago
Squat lobsters have a colorful history going back to the dinosaur era -- a peak of diversityCredit: Cristina Robins & Adiel Klompmaker, UC Berkeley Coral...
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UVA engineering-led team unveils ‘Tunabot,’ first robotic fish to keep pace with a tuna
With a better understanding of how fish move, researchers eventually could develop faster, more efficient propulsion systems for manned and unmanned underwater vehiclesCredit: Haibo Dong...
NASA infrared data shows heavy rain potential along gulf from Imelda
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is using infrared data that provides temperature information. The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's...
Shedding light on dark matter
UD computer scientist co-leads $1 million project to identify and localize dark-matter particlesCredit: Photo courtesy the XENON collaboration Dark matter makes up an estimated 85...
Winning-at-all-costs in the workplace: Short-term gains could spell long-term disaster
Credit: San Diego State University Organizations endorsing a win-at-all-costs environment may find this management style good for the bottom-line, but it could come a price....
Anthony Fitzpatrick receives $2.84M to decipher origins of brain disorders
Funding will support combined use of recent Nobel Prize-winning technology with a powerful new imaging method; lays groundwork for detecting, treating underlying causes of Alzheimer's,...
Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum
Credit: Allison Carter Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according...
Stevens team closes in on ‘holy grail’ of room temperature quantum computing chips
Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiencyCredit: Stevens Institute of Technology To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want...
New tool improves beekeepers’ overwintering odds and bottom line
Credit: ARS-USDA TUCSON, ARIZONA, September 18, 2019--A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that honey bee colonies overwintered in...
Scientists set to start $10M project to create health diagnosis tool for bees
York University to develop 'BeeCSI' tool to help Canada's rapidly declining honey beesCredit: York University TORONTO, September 18, 2019 - When Canada's honey bees are...
Geophysicists challenge conventional view of the cause of porosity in weathered rock
Pores, or empty spaces, in rock are critically important for sustaining life on EarthCredit: R. Callahan (Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 18, 2019) - New research published...
NOAA helps UT Marine Science Institute rebound from Hurricane Harvey
Credit: University of Texas at Austin PORT ARANSAS, Texas - After more than two years of roof repairs, window installations and building reinforcements, the scientists,...
NASA-NOAA satellite studies tropical storm Kiko’s center
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Hurricane Kiko weakened to a tropical storm, but imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP...
NASA-NOAA satellite provides forecasters a view of tropical storm Jerry’s structure
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Tropical Storm Jerry is the latest in a line of tropical cyclones to develop in the North Atlantic Ocean this season. NASA-NOAA's...
Study points to new drug target in fight against cancer
Research shows how a cancer-linked protein blocks key mitochondrial gatewayCredit: CTBP/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 18, 2019) -- Researchers have identified a potential new drug...
