Plants have been helping to offset climate change, but now it’s up to us
Credit: Image credit: NASA and UC Merced. Washington, DC -- Plants are currently removing more CO2 from the air than they did 200 years ago,...
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Powers of attraction could decimate deadly starfish
Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science. An American who fell in love with both the Great Barrier Reef and his wife via The University of...
Into the DNA of a coral reef predator
Loading video... Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - or COTS - is a familiar sight for scuba divers in tropical...
Research shows global photosynthesis on the rise
Credit: UC Merced Plant photosynthesis was stable for hundreds of years before the industrial revolution, but grew rapidly in the 20th century, according to new...
As kids’ weight climbs, power of healthy fat supplements drops
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Body weight plays a significant role in how much benefit children may get from consuming "good" fats, new research suggests. The researchers...
Innovative sensor can screen toxic drugs, help develop biomaterials, and much more
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found an innovative new use for a simple piece of...
Simulations of DIII-D experiments shed light on mysterious plasma flows
Credit: W. X. Wang Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and General Atomics have simulated a mysterious self-organized...
X-ray study reveals long-sought insights into potential drug target
X-ray studies done in part at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have produced surprising insights into the workings of a hormone receptor...
73 percent of academics say access to research data helps them in their work; 34 percent do not publish their data
Combining results from bibliometric analyses, a global sample of researcher opinions and case-study interviews, a new report reveals that although the benefits of open research...
New approach developed by humanists and scientists maps evolution of literature
AUSTIN, Texas -- A classicist, biologist and computer scientist all walk into a room -- what comes next isn't the punchline but a new method...
Cover, crimp, cultivate?
Credit: Photo credit Kerry Clark. To grow crops organically, farmers fight weeds with chemical-free weapons. One of the most common is a disk. Farmers rip...
Study: What makes for effective partnerships with Indigenous nations on the environment?
Protecting the environment often draws on a collaboration between community members, non-government organizations, academia, and, local, state and federal agencies. Indigenous nations however, are oft..
This Week from AGU: Weak solar activity could expose aircrews to higher radiation
GeoSpace Research links decline in hemlock forests to changes in water resources An insect infestation that is killing hemlock trees in New England forests is...
Ready for the new kelvin!
Credit: (Photo: PTB) At present, the kelvin is literally based on no more than water -- on the triple point of water, to be more...
Nordic Food Lab publishes book on eating insects
Credit: Phaidon The book, which can be pre-ordered now, marks the end of the long journey that the authors have taken throughout the project "Deliciousness...
