Members of the audience had to make up their minds whether to vote with their heads or their hearts as five eminent scientists battled it out during the…
These sentiments were found in a public survey released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) at a national conference on restoring bison…
Researchers are now going to study the degradation processes and test new methods for determine their speed, including the monitoring of how much oxygen is…
Scientists have developed a material made out of a mixture of silica and water which can soak up large quantities of methane molecules. The material looks and…
The half a million pound project is focused on improving the ‘form-fill and seal’ type of packaging used for foods such as rice, pasta and crisps. By designing…
“Climate change is a key public health challenge. Health professionals need to understand the consequences of climate change for health, take appropriate steps…
Funded with monies administered under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM – the Irish Sea Fisheries Board) National Development Plan over the last two years, 4,063…
Researchers from the University of Murcia and the Miguel Hernández University have studied tenebrionid beetles and how their numbers have declined as a result…
The first contribution of the three-part study found that, based on an examination of the European Union's system and of similar U.S. programs for other…
New research from the University of Michigan, however, reveals key details in the process by which bleach works its antimicrobial magic.In a study published in…
The problem is that ecosystems simultaneously take up and release CO2. The key finding is that the compound carbonyl sulfide, which plants consume in tandem…
So astronauts on the International Space Station have to recapture every possible drop. That includes water evaporated from showers, shaving, tooth brushing…
The study by Dr. Erik Andersson and Dr. Örjan Bodin at the Department of Systems Ecology, and Stockholm Resilience Centre, both at Stockholm University, is…
A team of Australian ecologists has discovered that some male fiddler crabs “lie” about their fighting ability by growing claws that look strong and powerful…
The Carbon Trust Standard is the world’s only initiative that requires an organisation to take action themselves by reducing their own carbon emissions…
This week researchers from Queen’s will travel to India to officially open the Eastern India Water Research Institute (EIWRI) in Kolkata. EIWRI will be located…