An international research team in including Christian Schlötterer and Alistair McGregor of the Vetmeduni Vienna has discovered a completely new mechanism by which evolution can change the appearance of an ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 19, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 3

When we look around in nature, most species seem well adapted to their environment. Scientists have found, however, that species evolve relentlessly and that evolutionary changes occur at a surprisingly rapid pace.

Biology - Evolution

Apr 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

For deer mice living in the Nebraska Sandhills, color can literally be the difference between life and death.

Biology - Evolution

Mar 14, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 3 |

(Phys.org)—Species facing widespread and rapid environmental changes can sometimes evolve quickly enough to dodge the extinction bullet. Populations of disease-causing bacteria evolve, for example, as doctors ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 19, 2013 3 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Aside from rising sea levels, many climate change models predict that in the future, the planet's temperature and weather will become increasingly erratic with wild, unpredictable storms and ...

Biology - Evolution

Feb 01, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The past year has not been kind to corn. Though it has long been the nation's largest crop, the one-two punch of historic drought and record-high temperatures in July and August combined to damage U.S. corn ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 17, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 5 |

Uncertainty about how much the climate is changing is not a reason to delay preparing for the harmful impacts of climate change says Professor Jim Hall of the Environmental Change Institute at the University ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 27, 2012 4.1 / 5 (14) 4

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) funded research at the University has highlighted the key role played by employers in influencing people's decisions over retirement and extending working life.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Oct 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

An international team of researchers led by the University of Grenoble and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) has demonstrated for the first time that a high level of ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 25, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists have discovered that poxviruses, which are responsible for smallpox and other diseases, can adapt to defeat different host antiviral defenses by quickly and temporarily producing multiple copies ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Aug 16, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- New research by McMaster biologist Graham Scott suggests that growing up at warmer temperatures helps some aquatic animals cope with climate change, raising questions about the limits of adaptation.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 16, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) -- Because the gradual increase in temperatures worldwide is still relatively new, researchers have had difficulty in finding examples of genetic changes in organisms that are adapting to the warmer ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 13, 2012 not rated yet 1 |

As humankind wrestles with the growing repercussions of a changing climate, the transfer of knowledge between scientists and local environmental experts becomes ever more crucial to human adaptation.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

Researchers from Rice University and UCLA unveiled a new data-encoding scheme this week that slashes more than 30 percent of the energy needed to write data onto new memory cards that use "phase-change memory" (PCM) -- a ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jun 07, 2012 4.3 / 5 (6) 2 |

Lake Bonney in Antarctica is perennially covered in ice. It is exposed to severe environmental stresses, including minimal nutrients, low temperatures, extreme shade, and, during the winter, 24-hour darkness. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 23, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0