A new method for assessing the impacts and risks of potential future tree and plant pest and disease outbreaks has been developed by the University's Professor Robert Fraser as one of the key recommendations of the government ...

Biology - Ecology

May 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —One of the biggest threats facing amphibian species is the disease chytridiomycosis, which is caused by a fungus known as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). An understanding of the evolut ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 07, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

The new livestock identification program recently launched by the federal government should not place a significant burden on producers in Pennsylvania or the East, according to an expert in Penn State's ...

Biology - Other

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

It was a typically cold winter day when Greg Turner, a wildlife biologist with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, unlocked the gate at the historic Durham Mine in upper Bucks County, Pa., and stepped into the darkness.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 15, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

New research shows how the interaction between Atlantic salmon and the ISA virus leads to the development and spreading of the influenza-like disease ISA in fish. The new findings may be of interest to research ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Thousands of pesticides are allowed onto the US market without rigorous safety testing, putting people, animals and crop pollinators like bees at risk, a US environmental group said Wednesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 4

A project supported by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) is helping smallholder shrimp farmers in Sri Lanka adapt their industry's best management practices to local needs. This ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—While studying a mutant strain of yeast, Purdue University researchers may have found a new target for drugs to combat cholesterol and fungal diseases.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Feb 25, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0 |

A study at the University of Liverpool into the spread of sexually transmitted infection in ladybirds has shown that disease risk to large populations cannot be predicted without a full understanding of the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Microsoft Research and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have been working on software that can predict events. The pursuit could lead to a tool that can provide better information that ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Feb 03, 2013 4 / 5 (5) 8 |

(Phys.org)—Little penguins, also known as fairy penguins, usually have a white belly and dark blue back to camouflage them from predatory eagles above and their fish prey below.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 31, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 2

(Phys.org)—Tasmanian devils had low immune gene diversity for hundreds, and possibly thousands, of years before the emergence of Devil Facial Tumour Disease, researchers at the University of Sydney and ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 05, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Microbes corrode sewer pipes from the inside, a process that can lead to spills, bad odors, disease outbreaks, and the need for costly repairs. In a first step towards reducing the corrosion, researchers have identified the ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Oct 23, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0

Computer networks are the battlefields in cyberwarfare, as exemplified by the United States' recent use of computer viruses to attack Iran's nuclear program. A computer model developed at the University of Missouri could ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jul 10, 2012 3 / 5 (3) 1 |

In an effort to save the dwindling honeybee population researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are looking to viruses to help treat one of the most destructive and widespread bee brood diseases in the United States. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 18, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0