Cover crops may be used to mitigate and adapt to climate change
Credit: Penn State Cover crops long have been touted for their ability to reduce erosion, fix atmospheric nitrogen, reduce nitrogen leaching and improve soil health,...
NEWS INDEX
Houston’s gourmet food trucks cooperate, compete to elevate group’s prestige
HOUSTON - (April 17, 2017) - New research by management and organizational behavior experts at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that gourmet...
Termite gut holds a secret to breaking down plant biomass
Credit: UW-Madison/James Runde MADISON, Wisconsin -- In the Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the incredibly efficient eating habits of a fungus-cultivating termit..
Eat, prey, move
Credit: Katie Davis It's a fish-eat-fish world out in the ocean, and prey species usually fear the predators that would make them into a tasty...
Electronics to control plant growth
Credit: Thor Balkhed A drug delivery ion pump constructed from organic electronic components also works in plants. Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at...
Getting things done while you wait for WiFi
Credit: Jason Dorfman, MIT CSAIL Hyper-connectivity has changed the way we communicate, wait, and productively use our time. Even in a world of 5G wireless...
Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery
Credit: Angharad Stell, University of Bristol. Recent studies have explored a range of possible causes. Suggestions have included a rise in oil and natural gas...
Atomic structure reveals how cells translate environmental signals
Credit: RIKEN Culminating a nearly 10 year effort, researchers have determined the atomic resolution structure of a key molecule that translates signals from a cell's...
Dr. John Lahey, President of Quinnipiac Univ., awarded first-ever ACGT Edward Netter Award
Credit: Photo credit: Quinnipiac University Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), the nation's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to cell and gene therapies for cancer, is...
Protein Science Best Paper awards annoucement
Credit: Brian Matthews, Editor of Protein Science Warmest congratulations to Charlotte Miton1 and Zach Schaefer2 (Figure 1), the recipients of the Protein Society's Year 2016...
NASA spots Tropical Cyclone 02W’s remnants in South China Sea
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The remnants of former Tropical Depression 02W still lingered in the South China Sea when NASA's Terra satellite...
Supermassive black holes found in 2 tiny galaxies
Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA Three years ago, a University of Utah-led team discovered that an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy contained a supermassive black hole, then the smallest...
The Protein Society announces its 2017 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society The Protein Society, the premiere international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of the 2017 Protein Society Awards....
Dietary supplement may enhance dairy cattle health and reproductive capacity
URBANA, Ill. - Animal scientist Phil Cardoso knew that milk protein increases when dairy cows are fed the amino acid methionine, but he suspected that...
New many-toothed clingfish discovered with help of digital scans
Credit: Kevin Conway and Glenn Moore A set of curious researchers, state-of-the-art visual technology and a bit of good luck helped find a new fish...
