A US team led by John Kostyak from The Pennsylvania State University used calorimetry to measure whole body fat oxidation in 10 children (aged 6-10) and 10…
A rising tree line in the Rockies due to global warming, and a policy not to initiate “prescribed burns” (intentionally started, controlled fires) in order to…
It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket… unless you're a senita moth.Found in the parched Sonoran desert of southern Arizona and northern…
Increased functional and cellular complexity can be explained, in large part, by how genes and the products of genes are regulated. A University of Toronto-led…
Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new way to make these resonators vibrate “in the plane” — that is, side to side — and have shown that this can serve…
Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid increase in human diseases, which the World…
In the Southwestern U.S., land managers face equally critical and difficult decisions when it comes to their ranges. The region is known for its climate…
Paying out certain types of government aid in a monthly lump sum appears to fuel a spate of harmful and often fatal drug binges, according to a new study in a…
Spirometry testing is a widely accepted and encouraged diagnostic method for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but new research shows that it is…
Do the overall efficiencies of renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal add up in terms of their complete life cycle from materials…
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.The…
Fortunately, environment protectors have managed to achieve the transfer. However, Baikal has turned out to cope already with its own oil blowouts – there are…
This is one of the first results of a European wide online survey on noise annoyance and noise sensitivity (www.ifado.de/silence). The study is carried out in…
The toolkit is one of the first outcomes of a £5 million Government-funded knowledge transfer partnership called Omega. It is led by three universities -…
It can also reveal injurious and risky consumption, such as repeated weekend binges. The method is quicker, cheaper, and more accurate than present variants,…
Bone grafts are second only to blood transfusions on the list of transplanted materials worldwide. Postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers will be working on…
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