Carl Linnaeus’s household laid the foundation for his scientific work
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt Without a wife and a well-functioning household, Carl Linnaeus would have had difficulty becoming the prominent scientist ...
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Fire aerosols decrease global terrestrial ecosystem productivity through changing climate
Credit: Zhihua Liu Fire is the primary form of terrestrial ecosystem disturbance on a global scale, and a major source ...
A new understanding of everyday cellular processes
Credit: University of Warwick We use cells to breathe, to moderate body temperature, to grow and many other every day ...
‘Bee’ thankful for the evolution of pollen
MU researchers discover wildflower's spiny pollen adapts to help plants reproduceCredit: University of Missouri Have pollen. Must travel. Over 80% ...
Elucidating the mechanism of a light-driven sodium pump
Credit: Paul Scherer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have succeeded for the first time in recording, ...
Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction
Credit: IBS Climate scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics discover that, contrary to previously held beliefs, Neanderthal extinction ...
Physicist to study bacteria undergoing photosynthesis
Nathaniel Gabor's lab develops experiments to bridge vastly different scales of size, energy, and complexityCredit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
Deciphering the fine neuroendocrine regulatory system during development
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discover a regulatory neuroendocrine system that coordinates growth and maturation in a developmental stage-specific ...
Divergence in flowering time contributes reproductive isolation between wild rice species
Credit: ©Science China Press Speciation is the process by which new species forms and is the driving force of biodiversity. ...
Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists
Credit: Sarah Vincent Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface ...
Fishing rod ‘selfie stick’ and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile
Skeleton high on a London museum wall -- mostly ignored for a century -- spurs a study finding that the ...
Prellis Bio’s Externalized Human Immune System rapidly generates 300 SARS-CoV2 antibodies
Company pursues treatment and preventative therapies for COVID-19Credit: Prellis Biologics, Inc. HAYWARD, Calif. May 19th, 2020--Prellis Biologics, Inc. today announced ...
Field courses boost student success, support STEM diversity efforts, study reveals
Hands-on field learning key to retention, success of underrepresented biology studentsCredit: Mickie Tang The challenge of diversifying STEM fields may ...
Ecosystem diversity drives the origin of new shark and ray species
How oceanographic conditions in the Gulf of California and the Baja California Peninsula influenced formation of new species of sharks ...
Observing the freely behaving brain in action
Scientists have developed a head-mounted miniature microscope, the so-called fiberscope, that is capable of imaging all cortical layers of a ...
How does an increase in nitrogen application affect grasslands?
Credit: © H. Vincent Virtually all of the grasslands in Europe are managed by farmers and whilst traditional management involved ...
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space ...
Sustainable palm oil? How environmental protection and poverty reduction can be reconciled
Scientists at the University of Göttingen analyse data on ecological, social and economic effectsCredit: K T Sibhatu Palm oil is ...
Subcellular chatter regulates longevity
Lysosome to mitochondria communicationCredit: Raymond Laboy As people get older, they often feel less energetic, mobile or active. This may ...
Why pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is so lethal
Credit: Vakoc lab/CSHL, 2020 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a deadly cancer, killing patients within a year. CSHL Professor Christopher ...
