Protein pores packed in polymers make super-efficient filtration membranes
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- A multidisciplinary team of engineers and ...
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UT microbiologist receives DOE grant to investigate Peatland carbon processes
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Department of Energy A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, microbiologist has received a portion of a $3.1 ...
Second of its kind ‘sharpshooter’ leafhopper from Brazil ‘strikes’ with its colouration
Credit: Gabriel Mejdalani When, in 2014, Brazilian researchers stumbled across a never-before-seen red-eyed leafhopper feeding inside the rosettes of bromeliads, ...
Rethinking land conservation to protect species that will need to move with climate change
Credit: University of Washington All plants and animals need suitable conditions to survive. That means a certain amount of light, ...
New bacteriophage fully characterized and sequenced
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 27, 2020--Researchers have identified a new bacteriophage that can infect ...
19th-century bee cells in a Panamanian cathedral shed light on human impact on ecosystems
Credit: Paola Galgani-Barraza Despite being "neotropical-forest-loving creatures," some orchid bees are known to tolerate habitats disturbed by human activity. However, ...
Algae shown to improve gastrointestinal health
Project is the first to test green algae on symptoms related to human digestionCredit: Frank Fields, UC San Diego A ...
Study connects marine heat wave with spike in whale entanglements
Entanglements of humpback whales in fishing gear along the US West Coast increased dramatically during the 2014 to 2016 marine ...
‘Blob’ research shows ecological effects that halted fishing and hiked whale entanglements
Unprecedented environmental changes inspire new online tools to better spot them next timeCredit: John Calambokidis/Cascadia Research Collective An ecological pileup ...
New portable tool analyzes microbes in the environment
Device could be used to find threats to ecosystemsCredit: Jianye Sui Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in ...
The skin of the earth is home to pac-man-like protists
Credit: STRI Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of ...
Dance of the honey bee reveals fondness for strawberries
Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates foraging behavior in agricultural landscapesCredit: Svenja Bänsch, University of Göttingen Bees ...
Making ‘lemonade’: Chance observation leads to study of microbial bloom formation
Credit: Rhys Probyn WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A scientific discovery often starts with a chance observation made by open minds ...
Room for complexity? The many players in the coffee agroecosystem
Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often ...