The growing global demand for energy, combined with a need to reduce emissions and lessen the effects of climate change, has increased focus on cleaner energy sources. But what unintended consequences could ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 07, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 1 |

Amphibian populations living close to agricultural fields have become more resistant to a common insecticide and are actually resistant to multiple common insecticides, according to two recent studies conducted at the University ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Males that spend all their time reacting to their rivals die earlier and are less able to mate later in life according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The research is the first study to ...

Biology - Evolution

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Well-intentioned policies to make achieving tenure more family-friendly actually have negative consequences for the salaries of college faculty members, a study co-written by a University of Illinois labor ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 29, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 1

A self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec international hacking group has been arrested in Australia, police said, charging him with attacking and defacing a government website.

Technology - Internet

Apr 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

Published today, a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society – Biological Sciences, addresses a major challenge facing our society: feeding a global population that is simultaneously growing and in ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new review of insect pollinators of crops and wild plants has concluded they are under threat globally from a cocktail of multiple pressures, and their decline or loss could have profound environmental, human health and ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

Lithium-ion batteries are high performance energy storage devices used in many commercial electronic appliances. Certainly, they can store a large amount of energy in a relatively small volume. They have ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 15, 2013 4.8 / 5 (23) 4 |

(Phys.org) —A barefoot encounter with a Razor Clam is not a pleasant experience, just ask anyone who has had their feet sliced open in the shallows of picturesque Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 04, 2013 not rated yet 0

Though women make up only about 27 percent of the computing community, they are even more underrepresented in the "free culture" movement, which comprises users and developers of websites like Wikipedia and ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

Bubbling brooks and streams are a scenic and much loved feature of forest ecosystems, but long-term data at the U.S. Forest Service's Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest suggests that more productive forests ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 25, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 2 |

Hunting for meat in the African rainforests has halved the number of primates. However, the hunting also has other negative consequences. The decline in the number of primates causes a reduction in the dispersal ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 20, 2013 not rated yet 1

According to results of a major new national survey, belief in climate change and levels of concern in Wales are now at their highest level for a number of years. The survey also highlights the impacts of ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 05, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Researchers studying data from 600 fields in 20 countries have found that managed honey bees are not as successful at pollinating crops as wild insects, primarily wild bees, suggesting the continuing loss ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

Having more control in the workplace can have negative consequences for individuals but it depends on the form of job control, according to new research out of the University of Toronto.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1