Local traditional knowledge can be as accurate as scientific transect monitoring
New research from a cross-organisational consortium in the Amazon has found indigenous knowledge to be as accurate as scientific transect...
Bumblebees exposed to Chernobyl-levels of radiation consume more nectar
Credit: Jessica Burrows The study simulated Chernobyl-levels of radiation exposure in a laboratory to investigate the impacts it may be...
University of Iowa receives major grant to continue work on Huntington’s disease
$18 million NIH grant for research to understand brain development in children at risk for HDCredit: University of Iowa Health...
Flipping the script on novel cancer therapy leads to insights into lupus
Credit: (Image credit: Chen Lab) In the last decade, scientists discovered that blocking a key regulator of the immune system...
NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Brendan Gallagher and Guillermo Stenborg) WASHINGTON - A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on...
National Academy of Inventors elects Pitt’s William J. Federspiel as Fellow
Pitt Bioengineer recognized for life-saving artificial lung technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Dec. 11, 2019) ... With 12 issued U.S....
Understanding Asteraceae: Validation of a Hyb-Seq probe set for evolutionary studies
Credit: Jones, K. E., T. Fér, R. E. Schmickl, R. B. Dikow, V. A. Funk, S. Herrando-Moraira, P. R. Johnston,...
Tsoi lives in Malaysian forests
Sergey Ermilov, a researcher from Tyumen State University, discovered and described a new species of oribatid mites that lives on...
Researchers discover brain circuit linked to food impulsivity
This creates the possibility scientists can someday develop therapeutics to address overeatingCredit: Cal Powell You're on a diet, but the...
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impactCredit: Northwestern University Shells' chemistry shifted to...
