Despite their famously fancy feathers, flamingos don’t spend more time preening than other waterbirds, new research shows. Scientists watched five of the world’s six flamingo species to see how they spend their time. Despite their famously fancy feathers, flamingos don’t spend more time preening than other waterbirds, new research shows. Scientists watched five of the world’s…
The human body contains at least 20,000 different proteins, often called the “workhorses of the cell” because of their role in keeping cells healthy. Each protein consists of a unique string of amino acids that affects its shape and function—or dysfunction, in the case of proteins that assemble incorrectly, which can cause disease. The human body…
NOAA-supported scientists have announced that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 6,705 square miles, the 12th largest zone on record in 38 years of measurement. This figure equates to more than 4 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish…
A team of chemical and environmental engineers at the University of California Riverside, working with colleagues from the University of California Los Angeles, has found a class of microbes that consume PFAS in the environment and sever some of the bonds that hold them tightly together. A team of chemical and environmental engineers at the University…
Papaya farmers in Kenya are turning to a novel solution to combat the devastating papaya mealybug pest—parasitic wasps. Papaya farmers in Kenya are turning to a novel solution to combat the devastating papaya mealybug pest—parasitic wasps. Plants & Animals Agriculture Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Ensuring the well-being of citizens while reducing resource consumption has proved to be a massive challenge. Policymakers in the European Union are keen to identify new approaches to provisioning that will safeguard the well-being of citizens without incurring excessive environmental burdens. Ensuring the well-being of citizens while reducing resource consumption has proved to be a massive…
The origins of life remain a major mystery. How were complex molecules able to form and remain intact for prolonged periods without disintegrating? A team at ORIGINS, a Munich-based Cluster of Excellence, has demonstrated a mechanism that could have enabled the first RNA molecules to stabilize in the primordial soup. The origins of life remain a…
Two of the planet’s more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output of plants found right along the world’s coastlines, a new study suggests. Two of the planet’s more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output of plants found right along the world’s coastlines,…
University of Maryland researcher Cheng-Yu Li was in the lab one day when he noticed a fish with a protruding jaw: A telltale sign that it was incubating eggs in its mouth, keeping its offspring safe until they were big enough to swim solo. University of Maryland researcher Cheng-Yu Li was in the lab one day…
Shark conservation must go beyond simply protecting shark populations—it must prioritize protecting the ecological roles of sharks, according to new research published in Science. Shark conservation must go beyond simply protecting shark populations—it must prioritize protecting the ecological roles of sharks, according to new research published in Science. Plants & Animals Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology…