Waterdogs, they're called, these larvae of tiger salamanders used as live bait for freshwater fishing.With tiger salamander larvae, anglers hope to catch…
Scientists have completed the first study of microbes that live within the plumbing of deep-sea mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions may…
Their research shows that growing duckweed on hog wastewater can produce five to six times more starch per acre than corn, according to researcher Dr. Jay…
The paper is published in this week’s edition of the international journal Astrobiology.Sally Langford from the University of Melbourne’s School of Physics who…
Ribosomal RNA sequence changes have been ticking away like clockwork for over 3 billion years, maybe even pre-dating the origin of the DNA world itself….
Researchers, in collaboration with University College London and the Fritz-Haber Institut in Berlin, created the first moments of water condensing on matter –…
The new 'nanosensors', which are based on a fundamental science discovery in UK, Belgian and US research groups, could be tailor-made to instantly detect the…
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed the first sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitation – the implosion of bubbles in a…
Now, a team of scientists of the Institute for Experimental Physics of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, has proven these states experimentally in an…
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved further breakthrough in developing cancer drugs through making use of advanced biotechnology. This…
The Philippines is home to more than 800 species of orchids, many of which are being collected and traded worldwide. However, unabated collection of this…
For many small ruminant farmers, technologies that will help alleviate their plight are welcome.In the Philippines and other South-East Asian nations, small…
The similarity between volcanic sounds too low for people to hear and the audible rumble made by turbulent air in a jet's propulsion system suggests there are…
Currently, when trees are cut down on an industrial scale (what the expert calls “tree harvesting”), heavy wheeled or tracked vehicles are employed which were…
For the induction of insulin synthesis, placental stem cells are used since the placenta
possesses several pluripotent cells which can be isolated in large…
Membrane processes suffer from concentration
polarization and fouling. Further, mass transport is often
hindered by fouling, caused by cake formation on…