Rethinking land conservation to protect species that will need to move with climate change
All plants and animals need suitable conditions to survive. That means a certain amount of light, a tolerable temperature range, and access to sources...
Research links sea ice retreat with tropical phenomena, including a new kind of El...
Two researchers present evidence today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the accelerating melt of Arctic sea ice is linked to weather patterns...
Beating the heat in the living wings of butterflies
A new study from Columbia Engineering and Harvard identified the critical physiological importance of suitable temperatures for butterfly wings to function properly, and discovered...
Revenge of the albatross: seabirds expose illicit fishing
For the magnificent but maligned albatross, it was time for a little payback after centuries of insult and injury.
Snagged by longlines, tangled in nets,...
Quantum computers offer another look at classic physics concepts
"Think what we can do if we teach a quantum computer to do statistical mechanics," posed Michael McGuigan, a computational scientist with the Computational...
Nanocontainers introduced into the nucleus of living cells
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Basel in Switzerland has succeeded in creating a direct path for artificial nanocontainers to enter into the...
Researchers hope to make needle pricks for diabetics a thing of the past
Patients with diabetes have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day to make sure they are not getting too high or...
New study debunks myth of Cahokia’s Native American lost civilization
A University of California, Berkeley, archaeologist has dug up ancient human feces, among other demographic clues, to challenge the narrative around the legendary demise...
Tarantula Nebula spins web of mystery in Spitzer image
The Tarantula Nebula, seen in this image by the Spitzer Space Telescope, was one of the first targets studied by the infrared observatory after...
Nanoparticle chomps away plaques that cause heart attacks
Michigan State University and Stanford University scientists have invented a nanoparticle that eats away—from the inside out—portions of plaques that cause heart attacks.
Bryan Smith,...
‘Profound’ evolution: Wasps learn to recognize faces
One wasp species has evolved the ability to recognize individual faces among their peers—something that most other insects cannot do—signaling an evolution in how...
