Birds choose mates with ornamental traits
Credit: NOAA Photo Library via Wikimedia Commons A recurring theme in nature documentaries is that of choosy females selecting brightly colored males. A new study...
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Invasive plants change ecosystems from the bottom up
In a common garden at the University of Rhode Island, Laura Meyerson has been growing specimens of Phragmites - also known as the common reed...
Mystery solved: How thyroid hormone prods red blood cell production
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (September 5, 2017) - For more than a century, physicians have anecdotally noted that patients with an underactive thyroid--often caused by iodine deficiency--tended...
Aerial drones deliver sweet spot for HAB research at VIMS
Credit: Drone imagery by VIMS professor Donglai Gong. Harmful algal blooms or HABs are notoriously difficult to sample. They can appear abruptly when growing conditions...
Midwestern University researchers discover previously unknown cause of nTOS
Credit: Heather F. Smith, Ph.D., Midwestern University Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (nTOS) is a common neurologic syndrome resulting in pain, numbness, and/or weakness in the...
Could switchgrass help China’s air quality?
Credit: Amber Ruedi URBANA, Ill. - Researchers from the United States and China have proposed an idea that could improve China's air quality, but they're...
Study suggests simple way to predict preterm births
Up to 18 percent of babies born worldwide arrive before they are full-term, defined as 37 weeks of gestation. About 1 million of those babies...
Engineers develop tools to share power from renewable energy sources during outages
Credit: University of California San Diego If you think you can use the solar panels on your roof to power your home during an outage,...
Physical activity can lead to difference in diet preferences between males, females
Recent studies have shown that approximately 90 percent of adult Americans fail to reach the U.S. Department of Health guidelines for physical activity, which could...
NJIT graduate student wins kudos for her research on a potent counterterrorism tool
In some scientific circles, the metal boron is viewed as an underachiever. Best known for its role in the household cleaning compound borax, boron is...
New app replaces ultrasound with smartphone camera to measure heart health
Want to know how healthy your heart is? Now there's an app for that. In a proof-of-concept clinical trial, engineers at Caltech, Huntington Medical Research...
Older wombs linked to complications in pregnant mice
Credit: Ms. Laura Woods Deciding to start a family later in life could be about more than just the age of your eggs. A new...
An overlooked and rare new gall-inducing micromoth from Brazil
Credit: Dr. Gilson Moreira A new species and genus (Cecidonius pampeanus) of primitive monotrysian micromoth from the Brazilian Pampa biome has been recently discovered to...
Life in the fast lane: How plants avoid traffic jams
Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays. But gridlocked motorists and students...
Improving US melon crop focus of $4.4 million study at Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo) COLLEGE STATION -- More than $4.4 million is being funded to discover ways to improve the U.S. melon industry...
