The blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) have not only lost their sight but have adapted to perpetual darkness by also losing their pigment (albinism) and having altered sleep patterns. New research publis ...

Biology - Evolution

Jan 22, 2012 4.8 / 5 (11) 47 |

(Phys.org)—An enhanced approach to capturing changes on the Earth's surface via satellite could provide a more accurate account of how ice sheets, river basins and other geographic areas are changing as ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 27, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- For hundreds, if not thousands of years, researchers of one kind or another have dug into the earth in search of clues to help explain our past. In so doing they have found evidence of ancient peoples that ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 09, 2011 3.6 / 5 (5) 4 |

New research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that the giant squid exists as a single species, containing almost no genetic variation – an observation unique among studied marine ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 21, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

A study by a team of university and government scientists led by a Kansas State University researcher, indicates that genes responsible for seed shattering -- the process by which grasses disseminate their seeds -- were under ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 14, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —UCLA life scientists provide important new details on how climate change will affect interactions between species in research published online May 21 in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This k ...

Biology - Ecology

May 21, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A DNA analysis of Kiwi cloaks, the Kahu kiwi, worn by the Maori tribe people in New Zealand, has revealed a previously unknown trade route among early tribes on the various islands that make up the country ...

Biology - Evolution

May 25, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Shark populations over the last 50 years have decreased dramatically. From habitat degradation to overfishing and finning, human activities have affected their populations and made certain species all but ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 27, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—The demand for faster, more mobile Internet access for smartphones, tablets and laptops does more than strain the available space we have in our pockets and bags. There's a finite amount of wireless spectrum ...

Technology - Telecom

Sep 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 2 |

People who live in urban areas are more likely to develop late-stage cancer than those who live in suburban and rural areas. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the June 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journa ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

May 11, 2009 2 / 5 (1) 1