Dr. Joe Yelderman, professor of geology at Baylor, and Dr. Margaret Forbes, research associate of biology at Baylor, constructed five different submerged…
To be sure, rising carbon dioxide emissions will have impacts on ecosystems the world over. However, given the confluence of rising global populations,…
But do the ordinances really help reduce phosphorus pollution? That's been an open question until now, says John Lehman, professor of ecology and evolutionary…
The process improves on the conventional method for brewing butanol in a bacterial fermentation tank.Normally, bacteria could only produce a certain amount of…
Silver is widely used to prevent bacterial contamination in wound dressings, says Agarwal, “but these dressings deliver a very large load of silver, and that…
Ugaz's work, which was undertaken with colleague Arul Jayaraman and appears in the July online version of “Advanced Materials,” is funded by the National…
Possible explanation for the necrosis of dopaminergic cells Neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine are the cerebral cells that most commonly…
The team found that the highly toxic pesticide endosulfan—a neurotoxin banned in several nations but still used extensively in U.S. agriculture—can exhibit a…
This technology is already available in some gadgets — the new Sony walkman that was introduced earlier this summer and the Microsoft Zune HD music player…
“Glycine is an amino acid used by living organisms to make proteins, and this is the first time an amino acid has been found in a comet,” said Dr. Jamie Elsila…
Quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity are both extremely accurate theories of how the universe works, but all attempts to combine the…
Researchers in China have discovered the first protein-based toxin in an amphibian –a 60 amino acid neurotoxin found in the skin of a Chinese tree frog. This…
Scientists at the University of Calgary have found that methane emission by plants could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought. A U of…
This has been demonstrated by research carried out at TU Delft's Kavli Institute of Nanoscience. The results will be appearing this week in the online edition…
Earth, as it turns out, has other secrets to divulge. From the pounding of the surf and the rumbling of thunder, to the gentle rustling of leaves, Earth is not…
New research about what triggers earthquakes, authored by Michael Strasser of Bremen University, Germany, with colleagues from the USA, Japan, China, France,…
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