Mosses used to evaluate atmospheric conditions in urban areas
Credit: Oishi Y. and Hiura T Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban areas, a development that could...
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129I waste used to track ocean currents for 15,000 km after discharge from nuclear plants
Paris, 16th August: Radioactive 129I has travelled the equivalent of a third of the way round the globe, since being released from nuclear fuel reprocessing...
Predators preserve existing animal species
Credit: Photographer is Christian Skov. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers are maintained between different species...
Navigation and spatial memory: New brain region identified to be involved
Navigation in mammals including humans and rodents depends on specialized neural networks that encode the animal's location and trajectory in the environment, serving essentially as...
University of Stirling team discovers new plant in Shetland
Credit: University of Stirling Scientists at the University of Stirling have discovered a new type of plant growing in Shetland - with its evolution only...
Biophysics explains how immune cells kill bacteria
Credit: Scientific Reports (Tokyo, August 16) A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, designed by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, defines the dynamics...
HIIT helps combat high insulin resistance — a warning sign for diabetes
A new study published in Frontiers in Physiology suggests that High-Intensity Interval Training is an efficient, effective way of cutting people's risk of developing type-2...
Voter behavior influenced by hot weather
Political rebellions and riots have been associated with warmer weather, but until now, there has been little research on its potential influence on peaceful and...
Turning pollen into a low-cost fertilizer
Credit: American Chemical Society As the world population continues to balloon, agricultural experts puzzle over how farms will produce enough food to keep up with...
Going ‘green’ with plant-based resins
Airplanes, electronics and solar cells are all in demand, but the materials holding these items together -- epoxy thermosets -- are not environmentally friendly. Now,...
Popular sungazer lizards under threat from poaching
Credit: Shivan Parusnath/Wits University The Sungazer (Smaug giganteus), a dragon-like lizard species endemic to the Highveld regions of South Africa, is facing an assault on...
A decade of monitoring shows the dynamics of a conserved Atlantic tropical forest
Credit: Hugo Cândido Galvão Characterised with its immense biodiversity and high levels of endemism, the Atlantic Tropical Forest has been facing serious anthropogenic threats over...
New report outlines research agenda for microbiomes, indoor environments, and human health
WASHINGTON - Even with a growing body of research on microorganisms and humans in indoor environments, many of their interconnections remain unknown, says a new...
Fish database could help eliminate the ultimate bait and switch
Fish fraud, the misrepresentation of cheaper fish as more expensive ones, is a rampant problem worldwide. Now in a study appearing ACS' Journal of Agricultural...
The irresistible fragrance of dying vinegar flies
Credit: Anna Schroll Markus Knaden and Bill Hansson, and their colleagues at the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, study ecologically relevant odors in the natural environment...
