The impact of industrial fishing on coastal ecosystems has been studied for many years. But how it affects food webs in the open ocean―a vast region that covers almost half of the Earth's surface―has ...

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Before rice cultivation became prevalent, ancient populations on the southern coast of China likely relied on sago palms as staple plant foods, according to research published May 8 in the open access journal ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 08, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

A team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed in vivo silicon-based flexible large scale integrated circuits (LSI) for bio-medical wireless ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

May 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

You get into your car and ask it to get you home in time for the start of the big game, stopping off at your favorite Chinese restaurant on the way to grab some takeout.

Technology - Engineering

May 03, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

A new U.S. report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of honeybees across the country since 2006.

Biology - Ecology

May 02, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 1

Harsh Bais and Janine Sherrier of the University of Delaware's Department of Plant and Soil Sciences are studying whether a naturally occurring soil bacterium, referred to as UD1023 because it was first characterized ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 02, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Humpback whales are able to pass on hunting techniques to each other, just as humans do, new research has found. A team of researchers, led by the University of St Andrews, has discovered that a new feeding ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 25, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

There has been much talk about sustainability, but little attention has been paid to its nutritional aspects. University of Illinois animal sciences researcher Kelly Swanson, in cooperation with scientists at natural pet ...

Biology - Other

Apr 22, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 2

(Phys.org) —Nature is a lot more resilient than we sometimes think. A study by Rutgers marine scientists published recently in Science shows that species of fish that have been overfished for decades can of ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally thought ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 15 |

(Phys.org) —Crops aren't just for food, fiber and fuel. Researchers at the University of Florida are making new industrial applications possible for them as well.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 04, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a suite of biothreat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Apr 02, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) —A researcher from Stanford's Archaeology Center, working with colleagues in China has found evidence to support the notion that early hunter-gatherers in China turned to processing plant foods ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 20, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 3 |

Marine biologists say they have proof that excessive trawling of small fish species leads to proliferation of jellyfish, a worsening phenomenon whose causes have been unclear.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 19, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2

Wild pollinators – primarily wild bees, flies, and other insects – are at least as important, and often more efficient, at pollinating agricultural crops than domestic honey bee colonies, according to ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0