New research showing that that mercury levels are higher in some species of tuna could help consumers minimize their consumption of the silvery metal in their sushi and provide a powerful new tool for regulatory ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 21, 2010 2.5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn marine scientist Ann Bucklin headed one of the projects, surveying zooplankton around the world.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 20, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 0

University of Minnesota researcher George Weiblen and colleagues have found a faster way to study the spread and diet of insect pests.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 09, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Just because you don't swallow the worm at the bottom of a bottle of mescal doesn't mean you have avoided the essential worminess of the potent Mexican liquor, according to scientists from the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 09, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech DNA analysis techniques were astonished to discover a veritable zoo of 95 animal species surrounding them, in everything ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 28, 2009 4.6 / 5 (23) 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap and fast method of identifying the world's most important plants in the wild could soon be possible, thanks to a global project involving the University of Adelaide.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 16, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Comparing prices over the Internet has become a common practice for consumers. Now, just in time for Black Friday, a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students is putting ...

Technology - Software

Nov 23, 2009 4.8 / 5 (5) 1

While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 19, 2009 5 / 5 (3) 2

Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used. Now researchers at London's Natural History Museum have created ...

Biology - Other

Nov 10, 2009 not rated yet 0

In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA “barcodes” to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Summit. ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 04, 2009 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from several institutions including the University of Colorado at Boulder have sequenced DNA "barcodes" for as many as 25 hunted wildlife species, providing information that can be used to better ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 15, 2009 not rated yet 0

Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes. DNA barcodes are short genetic sequences that efficiently ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 14, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

Leather handbags and chunks of red meat: when wildlife specialists find these items in shipping containers, luggage, or local markets, they can now use newly published genetic sequences known as "DNA barcodes" ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 04, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or ...

Technology - Engineering

Aug 27, 2009 4 / 5 (1) 0

Two University of British Columbia researchers are part of an international team recommending standards for the DNA barcoding of land plants, a step they hope will lead to a universal system for identifying over 400,000 species, ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jul 27, 2009 not rated yet 0