Leveraging restaurant menus to combat obesity
Credit: Duke University Customers at chain restaurants throughout the United States will start to see more menus that list calorie counts for different food options...
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Scientists go ‘back to the future,’ create flies with ancient genes to study evolution
Credit: Image courtesy of Rhea Datta. Scientists at New York University and the University of Chicago have created fruit flies carrying reconstructed ancient genes to...
Scientists aim to use crowdsourced data to improve flood predictions
Credit: CrowdHydrology BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In spring of 2011, University at Buffalo hydrogeologist Chris Lowry hammered a giant measuring staff into the bottom of a...
IIASA contributes to IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, a new assessment on minimizing global warming, and...
Maximizing the carbon and biodiversity benefits of restoration along rivers and streams
Right: Former agricultural fields now undergoing forest restoration. Credit: Photo by Mark Dettling/Point Blue Petaluma, CA--Restoring forests has become a world-wide strategy for simultaneously a..
VaxArray potency kit for ‘pandemic’ vaccines fills gap in pandemic preparedness
Credit: InDevR, Inc. BOULDER (10/9/18) -- The development of vaccines against potentially pandemic influenza strains is a critical component of the global response to an...
This bacterium gets paid in gold
Credit: Peidong Yang, UC Berkeley A bacterium named Moorella thermoacetica won't work for free. But UC Berkeley researchers have figured out it has an appetite...
Diamond technology cleans up PFAS-contaminated wastewater
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds of sites nationwide ¬- and...
Bug that causes stomach cancer could play a role in colorectal cancer
DURHAM, N.C. - A bacterium known for causing stomach cancer might also increase the risk of certain colorectal cancers, particularly among African Americans, according to...
Anti-psychotic drug could treat aggressive breast cancer
Credit: University of Bradford A commonly-used anti-psychotic drug could also be effective against triple negative breast cancer, the form of the disease that is most...
The many structures of the light-active biomolecules
Credit: RUB, Kramer How the light-sensitive part of the biomolecule phytochrome changes from a light-adapted state to a dark-adapted state has been investigated by researchers...
Newly discovered moth named Icarus sports a flame-shaped mark and prefers high elevations
Credit: Lars G. Crabo A newly-recognized species of owlet moth recently discovered to inhabit high-elevation mountains in western North America was named after the Greek...
Cleaning, but safely! Cocoons protect sensitive ant brood during toxic disinfection
Credit: Christopher Pull Ants are neat: when they move into a new nest box, they spend the first days cleaning it thoroughly, like us humans...
Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree
Credit: Oscar Sanisidro / ICP The oldest flying squirrel fossil ever found has unearthed new insight on the origin and evolution of these airborne animals....
Reaction of the European Geosciences Union to IPCC report on Global Warming of 1.5 C
Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations scientific and intergovernmental body, published the summary for policymakers of its Global Warming of...
