Endangered African penguins are falling into an ‘ecological trap’
Credit: SANCCOB As the climate changes and fisheries transform the oceans, the world's African penguins are in trouble, according to researchers reporting in Current Biology...
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Stanford researchers among those discussing the future of conservation
Credit: Anthony?D.?Barnosky Conservationists need to adopt a critical shift in thinking to keep the Earth's ecosystems diverse and useful in an increasingly "unnatural" world. That...
UTIA project named Project of the Year for DoD Environmental Security Technology
Credit: Photo by M. Emery, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A project to identify and track threatened, endangered and at-risk avian species on U.S. Department...
A new sensitive and stable self-powered photodetector
WASHINGTON D.C., February 9, 2017 -- Researchers in Singapore and China have collaborated to develop a self-powered photodetector that can be used in a wide...
Bacteria fed synthetic iron-containing molecules turn into electrical generators
(Cell Press) The bacterial world is rife with unusual talents, among them a knack for producing electricity. In the wild, 'electrogenic' bacteria generate current as...
New mechanobiology technique to stop cancer cell migration
Credit: OIST's Bioinspired Soft matter Unit Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate university (OIST) have developed a novel technique that stops...
The Internet and your brain are more alike than you think
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 9, 2017) Although we spend a lot of our time online nowadays--streaming music and video, checking email and social media,...
Researchers show how Lou Gehrig’s disease progression could be delayed
(University of California - Riverside) A team of biomedical scientists led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside has identified a molecule (123C4) that...
University of Maryland researchers make strides in Schizophrenia diagnosis research
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Researchers from the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) and Baltimore (UMB) campuses have developed a blood test that could help...
Sorting machine for atoms
(University of Bonn) Physicists at the University of Bonn have cleared a further hurdle on the path to creating quantum computers: in a recent study,...
Two investigational antitumor agents work better together against MPNST and neuroblastoma
(Nationwide Children's Hospital) A new study published last week in Oncotarget demonstrates that the combined usage of Aurora A kinase inhibitor (alisertib) and HSV1716 results...
Sticky gels turn insect-sized drones into artificial pollinators
Loading video... Credit: Dr. Eijiro Miyako As bees slip onto the endangered species list in the United States, researchers in Japan are pollinating lilies with...
Climate change and fishing create ‘trap’ for penguins
(University of Exeter) Endangered penguins are foraging for food in the wrong places due to fishing and climate change, new research shows.
Deeper origin of gill evolution suggests ‘active lifestyle’ link in early vertebrates
(University of Cambridge) Fish embryo study indicates that the last common ancestor of vertebrates was a complex animal complete with gills -- overturning prior scientific...
NASA spots Tropical Cyclone Carlos south of La Reunion Island
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Carlos as it moved south of La Reunion Island in the Southern Indian Ocean.
