Algal blooms a threat to small lakes and ponds, too
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Harmful algae isn't just a problem for high-profile bodies of water - it poses serious, toxic threats in small ponds and lakes...
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Two new truffle species discovered in Florida pecan orchards
Credit: Photo courtesy of Rosanne Healy GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida...
Discovery of two new Chinese dinosaurs by international research team
Credit: Professor Jonah Choiniere Professor Jonah Choiniere from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa was a leading member of the team and is...
How did alvarezsaurian dinosaurs evolve monodactyl hand?
Credit: SHI Aijuan Digit reduction occurs many times in tetrapod evolution, and the most famous example is the 'horse series' of North America. An international...
Smartphones may be used to better predict the weather
Flash floods occur with little warning. Earlier this year, a flash flood that struck Ellicott City, MD, demolished the main street, swept away parked cars,...
Researchers develop novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on Earth
Credit: Virginia Tech Researchers from Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a novel way to 3D print complex objects of one of...
Why are tropical forests so diverse? New study examines role of ‘natural enemies’
Ecologists have long struggled to explain why tropical forests have so many different species of trees. One dominant theory to emerge contends that each plant...
Scientists find link between water pollution and morbidity in Murmansk region
Researchers at the Institute of Ecology at the Higher School of Economics, together with other Russian researchers, have discovered that drinking water in lakes in...
UBC researchers unlock secrets of plant development
Credit: Geoffrey Wasteneys/UBC University of British Columbia researchers have discovered an internal messaging system that plants use to manage the growth and division of their...
A world on fire
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). The world is on fire. Or so it appears in this image...
Fires overwhelming British Columbia; smoke choking the skies
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). British Columbia is on fire. In this Canadian province 56 wildfires "of...
Fires overwhelming British Columbia; smoke choking the skies
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). British Columbia is on fire. In this Canadian province 56 wildfires "of...
Pay attention to the ‘noise’ in your brain
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Take a look at your favorite mug; it probably looks the same as it always has, but your neurons may...
Pay attention to the ‘noise’ in your brain
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Take a look at your favorite mug; it probably looks the same as it always has, but your neurons may...
The molecular link between aging and neurodegeneration
For decades researchers have worked to shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative disorders, a group of devastating conditions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, that involve...
