Researchers have uncovered a protein that plays a vital role in how plant roots use…
Month: August 2013
Climate benefit for cutting soot, methane smaller than previous estimates
Cutting the amount of short-lived, climate-warming emissions such as soot and methane in our skies…
Melting water’s lubricating effect on glaciers has only ‘minor’ role in future sea-level rise
Concerns that melting water would speed up the decline of Greenland’s ice sheet have been…
‘Molecular flashlight’ illuminates brain tumors in mice
In a breakthrough that could have wide-ranging applications in molecular medicine, researchers have created a…
Young or old, song sparrows experience climate change differently from each other
What’s good for adults is not always best for the young, and vice versa. At…
Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe
Modern humans replaced Neandertals in Europe about 40,000 years ago, but the Neandertals’ capabilities are…
Soil biodiversity will be crucial to future land management and response to climate change
Maintaining healthy soil biodiversity can play an important role in optimizing land management programs to…
Electrical signatures of consciousness in the dying brain
About 20 percent of cardiac arrest survivors report having a near death experience with visions…
Irrigation in arid regions can increase malaria risk for a decade
New irrigation systems in arid regions benefit farmers but can increase the local malaria risk…
Protein that delays cell division in bacteria may lead to identification of new antibiotics
Bacteria adjust to wide fluctuations in food supply by controlling how big they get and…