Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs and personalized commutes are among the predictions of IBM scientists gazing into their crystal balls.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Dec 23, 2010 4.3 / 5 (23) 34

(Phys.org) —Ants have long been known to choose the shortest of several routes to a food source, but what happens when the shortest route is not the fastest? This situation can occur, for example, when ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Apr 01, 2013 4.8 / 5 (18) 24 |

Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warned Monday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 20, 2011 4.3 / 5 (20) 22

An influx of invasive species can stop the dominant natural process of new species formation and trigger mass extinction events, according to research results published today in the journal PLoS ONE.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 30, 2010 4.8 / 5 (17) 6 |

The enormous decline of large, apex predators and "consumers" ranging from wolves to lions, sharks and sea otters may represent the most powerful impacts humans have ever had on Earth's ecosystems, a group ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 14, 2011 5 / 5 (14) 6 |

In 1988, a mysterious invader washed upon the New Jersey shore. The Asian shore crab likely arrived in ballast from commercial ships, and it found its new home to be quite agreeable. More than two decades ...

Biology - Ecology

May 17, 2010 4.8 / 5 (12) 9 |

Five giant non-native snake species would pose high risks to the health of ecosystems in the United States should they become established here, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released today.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 13, 2009 4.8 / 5 (10) 4

The huge die off of bees worldwide, a major threat to crops depending on the honey-making insects for pollination, is not due to any one single factor, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said Wednesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 28, 2010 4.7 / 5 (9) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have appealed for a halt to plans to build a road through the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania in 2012, saying it will be an environmental disaster.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 17, 2010 3.6 / 5 (11) 1 |

The continent of Antarctica is at risk from human activities and other forces, and environmental management is needed to protect the planet's last great wilderness area, says an international team of researchers, including ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 12, 2012 5 / 5 (8) 15 |

A handful of ravenous, venomous lionfish, a species native to the western Pacific, were spotted off North Carolina in 2000. Turns out they like it here. A lot.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 2009 4.3 / 5 (8) 0

A repellant for sea lampreys could be the key to better controlling one of the most destructive invasive species in the Great Lakes, says a Michigan State University researcher.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 06, 2011 4.6 / 5 (7) 3 |

(AP) -- A budget proposal from the Obama administration would spend $475 million on beach cleanups, wetlands restoration and removal of toxic sediments from river bottoms around the Great Lakes.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 15, 2009 3.5 / 5 (8) 6

Ecologists in Australia have discovered that cane toads are far more susceptible to being killed and eaten by meat ants than native frogs. Their research - published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ec ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 30, 2009 4.5 / 5 (6) 0

A comprehensive map three years in the making is telling the story of humans' impact on the Great Lakes, identifying how "environmental stressors" stretching from Minnesota to Ontario are shaping the future ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 17, 2012 4.3 / 5 (6) 0 |