A growing number of onshore wind farms in Germany and throughout Europe are being sited in regions with moderate to low wind speeds. Siemens Energy is…
“In other words, it's less about temperature and more about the overall environmental conditions that shape the growth, survival and distribution of insects.”…
The massive transfer of data over the Internet that is vital to today’s economy in our information society would not be possible without the crucial role…
Research by Rice University scientists who are fighting a cyberwar against cancer finds that the immune system may be a clinician's most powerful ally.
Water is a ubiquitous solvent in all life sciences – sometimes referred to as the “matrix of life”. Contrary to earlier assumptions, it is not a passive…
Researchers at The Ohio State University have gained new insight into how the body moves when we're walking.
Karl Klose, professor of biology and a researcher in UTSA's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, has teamed up with researchers at Ruhr…
Allowing polluters to buy, sell or trade water-quality credits could significantly reduce pollution in river basins and estuaries faster and at lower cost than…
A recent paper by MBARI researcher Crissy Huffard and others shows that in 2011 and 2012 this animal community was much less diverse than it was in the early…
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the gallbladder, is one of the most common abdominal surgeries in the U.S. Yet medical…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, jointly with scientists from Switzerland and Spain, have investigated the working…
The research, led by U.S. Forest Service Research Ecologist Dr. Christian Giardina, with the agency’s Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest…
An international research team led by Dr. Jan-Bernd Hövener from the Medical Physics Section of the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center – University…
When the body forms new tissues during the healing process, cells must be able to communicate with each other. For years, scientists believed this…
Antarctic fish that manufacture their own “antifreeze” proteins to survive in the icy Southern Ocean also suffer an unfortunate side effect, researchers funded…
What's rocky, about a mile wide, orbits between Mars and Jupiter and poses no threat to Earth?