Why Tibetan antelope can live at elevations of 4,000-5,000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau? In a collaborative research published in Nature Communications, investigators from Qinghai University, BGI, and other institutes provid ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 17, 2013 not rated yet 1 |

Scientists have long observed that roadways are attractive foraging grounds for American kestrels and other birds of prey. That's because shorter grass makes mice and other snack-sized rodents more visible, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

The number of bears roaming the Pyrenees remained stable at a minimum of 22 last year, thanks largely to the continued virility of Pyros, the undisputed daddy of the colony.

Biology - Ecology

May 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

A federal appeals panel in Manhattan has expressed support for Google Inc.'s plan to create the world's largest digital library.

Technology - Business

May 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are basically one big family, closely related to one another for the past thousand years, according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the continent.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 07, 2013 4 / 5 (21) 3 |

Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 04, 2013 3.2 / 5 (5) 1

The Saharan cousin of Mediterranean olive trees remains largely unknown. However, this subspecies (called the Laperinne's olive tree) is of great interest for several reasons. IRD researchers and their partners ...

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Because of its vastness, complexity, and indispensability, the American power grid presents a number of different challenges to state utility commissions, legislators, energy utilities and researchers ...

Technology - Software

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Alessa Moscoso and Mike Seward peered at the mountain lion just a few feet away. The animal didn't peer back, or do anything else.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

The Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) is one of five living species of pygmy-possum, all of which are classified within a single family. It is the largest of the pygmy-possums, and can be easily distinguished ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 30, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Woolly mammoths stomp through the Siberian tundra as the giant moa strides the forest floor of New Zealand and Tasmania's dog-like "tigers" stalk their prey under the cover of night. This is not a snapshot ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 6

(Phys.org) —In the first published results of more than three years of tracking mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, UC Santa Cruz researchers document how human development affects the predators' ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Google said on Wednesday that its experimental high-speed Internet service is setting its sights on the Utah city of Provo.

Technology - Telecom

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(Phys.org) —Twenty researchers—more than half of them Simon Fraser University graduates and/or faculty—could become eastern Canada's knights in shining white lab coats. A paper detailing their newly created sequencing ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The mountain ranges of the North American Cordillera are made up of dozens of distinct crustal blocks. A new study clarifies their mode of origin and identifies a previously unknown oceanic plate that contributed ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

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