A study strengthens the case for human involvement in the disappearance of New Zealand’s iconic…
Month: March 2014
GPS also helps analyze global water resources
WaterGAP is a hydrological model used to model water shortage, groundwater depletion, and floods and…
Gut bacteria can cause life-threatening infections in preterm babies
Babies born prematurely are surviving in increasing numbers. But many withstand complications of early birth…
Student deciphers 1,800-year-old letter from Egyptian soldier
A newly deciphered 1,800-year-old letter from an Egyptian solider serving in a Roman legion in…
New pathway connected to type 2 diabetes
A cellular pathway that is responsible for keeping blood sugar levels low, has been found,…
Diversity in UK gardens aiding fight to save threatened bumblebees, study suggests
The global diversity of plants being cultivated by Britain’s gardeners is playing a key role…
Rewrite the textbooks on water’s surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ions
Researchers in Australia are confident their new research results will make significant differences to the…
Eel expedition 2014 has arrived in The Sargasso Sea
The research vessel Dana is currently in the Sargasso Sea on an intensive research expedition…
New biotechnology product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes
A new aqueous compound to functionalize or modify the properties of paper and any other…
A diet to make you fat or fit? The role of ‘sumo stew’ in shaping a sumo wrestler
A recent study explores the meanings of ‘fat’ and obesity in sumo and Japanese culture…