High-speed images capture archer fish’s rocket-like launch
The archer fish is arguably the ninja of the aquatic world, known for its stealth-like, arrow-straight aim while shooting down unsuspecting prey. Once the fish...
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Painkillers relieve zebrafish larvae discomfort
Lynne Sneddon is a myth buster. Having debunked the fisherman's legend that fish don't feel pain, Sneddon, from the University of Liverpool, UK, has become...
NASA engages the next generation with HUNCH
Credit: NASA NASA is making sure the next generation of high school graduates understand the variety of career paths that can lead to missions exploring...
EPA methane emission policy likely to cost less, miss 2025 targets
Credit: Environmental Defense Fund Regulations recently enacted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas production will...
Seven years later: BP oil spill settlement funding new way to manage fish populations
Credit: University of South Florida photographer Ryan Noone ST. PETERSBURG, FL (April 19, 2017)- More than 30,000 fish species exist. But it's always been a...
A better way to manage phosphorus?
Credit: Q.M. Ketterings All living things - from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals - need phosphorus. But extra phosphorus in the wrong place...
Dr. Neville Sanjana, CRISPR specialist, receives 2017 Kimmel Scholar Award
NEW YORK, NY (April 19, 2017) - The Sidney Kimmel Foundation has selected Dr. Neville Sanjana, Core Member and Assistant Investigator at the New York...
March participants interested in both promoting, defending science
Credit: University of Delaware/ Jeffrey Chase Encouraging science-based policies and defending science from political attacks are strong motivators for March for Science participants, according to...
As DNA tests become more common, researchers rapidly add equipment to keep up
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips). Unless your career wardrobe consists of multiple white lab coats and your office has a cache...
Astronomers perform largest-ever survey of high-mass binary star systems
In addition to solo stars like our Sun, the universe contains binary systems comprising two massive stars that interact with each other. In many binaries...
Moisture played a role in megafaunal extinctions
Credit: Photo by Julien Soubrier A new study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals that increased moisture levels may have been a...
Nutrient offers hope to stop deadly march toward cirrhosis, liver cancer
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study suggests that one type of omega 3 fatty acid offers people who are obese or have a poor diet...
IRCM research team discovers how immunotherapy can fight some cancers
What if our immune system could cure cancer? This logic seems almost too simple to be true, but it forms the basis of an emerging...
Geeking out in the golden years
Credit: Courtesy Philip Guo, UC San Diego Philip Guo caught the coding bug in high school, at a fairly typical age for a Millennial. Less...
Action required: Invasive fungus is killing European salamanders
Credit: Frank Pasmans The situation is alarming: The invasive Asian fungus has recently led to mass mortality of fire salamanders in the Netherlands, Belgium and...
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