Perhaps the hardest part of owning a pet is making difficult decisions when a beloved companion becomes seriously ill.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 13, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

An ad hoc coalition of unlikely insurgents—scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines—today posted an international declaration calling on ...

Other Sciences - Other

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) —As climate studies saturate scientific journals and mainstream media, with opposing viewpoints quickly squaring off in reaction and debate, new findings can easily be lost in the noise.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 22, 2013 3.7 / 5 (11) 38 |

Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers tested 122 laser pointers ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 20, 2013 2.7 / 5 (3) 0

A team of researchers from the UPNA-Public University of Navarre is leading the ENEIDA project, due to end this year and which aims to tackle the technological changes needed to create more energy-efficient and more environmentally-friendly ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Richard Primack, Boston University professor of biology and editor-in-chief of the journal Biological Conservation, observes in the current issue of that publication that while instances of scientific miscon ...

Other Sciences - Other

Feb 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—In a primitive marine organism, MBL scientists find photosensitive cells that may be ancestral to the "circadian receptors" in the mammalian retina.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 06, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

Public acceptance of climate change's reality may have been influenced by the rate at which words moved from scientific journals into the mainstream, according to anthropologist Michael O'Brien, dean of the College of Arts ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 22, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 2

(Phys.org)—A trio of biologists, Liam Dougherty, Emily Burdfield-Steel and David Shuker from the U.K.'s University of St Andrews, School of Biology, have found that when researchers write papers that are published in scientific ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 6 |

Changes in solar radiation, known as solar forcing, have had only a very small effect on climate change, a member of the UN's top panel of climate scientists said today.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 15, 2013 4.1 / 5 (13) 39

A co-founder of Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public has been found dead, authorities confirmed Saturday, prompting an outpouring of grief from prominent voices on the intersection of free ...

Technology - Other

Jan 13, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 54

(Phys.org)—A BYU biologist is part of a team of researchers that has unlocked the "black box" to the underground world home to billions of microscopic creatures.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 03, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org)—"Nebraska Ice" is the discovery that just keeps on giving for chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng and his research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 12, 2012 4.8 / 5 (9) 3 |

(Phys.org)—A research team made up of members from France, Canada and the US has been studying the manuscript submission and rejection process for biologically based papers submitted to journals for publication. ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Oct 12, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

A group of researchers have proposed creating a new web-based data network to help researchers and policymakers worldwide turn existing knowledge into real-world applications and technologies and improve science and innovation ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Oct 11, 2012 3 / 5 (1) 0 |