From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, fisherman Johannes Heilmann has watched helplessly in recent years as climate change takes its toll on Greenland.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 09, 2009 4.5 / 5 (76) 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics.

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Oct 25, 2009 4.9 / 5 (19) 5

(Phys.org) -- Military body armor and vehicle and aircraft frames could be transformed by incorporating the unique structure of the club-like arm of a crustacean that looks like an armored caterpillar, according ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jun 07, 2012 4.6 / 5 (17) 9 |

Since the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, scientists have been working to understand the impact that this disaster has had on the environment. For ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 20, 2012 4.2 / 5 (13) 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of America’s favorite seafood is shrimp. Did you know that they fossilize as well? Rodney Feldmann and Carrie Schweitzer (both Kent State University) report on the oldest fossil shrimp ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 09, 2010 4.7 / 5 (10) 8 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- In most situations in the wild, animals develop abilities to help them avoid being eaten. The chameleon, for example, can change its color to avoid being seen by predators. What’s less usual, are animals ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 28, 2011 4 / 5 (9) 4 |

They may look like bunk beds on steroids, but a new shrimp production technology developed by a Texas AgriLife Research scientist near Corpus Christi promises to revolutionize how shrimp make it to our tables.

Biology - Other

Sep 29, 2011 4.3 / 5 (7) 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aberdeen scientists have photographed for the first time fish and shrimps at Europe’s deepest point -- 5111 meters or 3.2 miles deep below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 14, 2011 4.7 / 5 (6) 0

Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting development of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, ...

Chemistry - Other

Jul 29, 2009 3.7 / 5 (7) 1

With flu season just around the corner, scientists are reporting development of a new material for the fiber in face masks, air conditioning filters and air cleaning filters that captures influenza viruses ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Nov 02, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The eye of the peacock mantis shrimp has led an international team of researchers to develop a two-part waveplate that could improve CD, DVD, blu-ray and holographic technology, creating even ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 24, 2011 4.8 / 5 (5) 1 |

Scientists have shed new light on the evolution of deep-sea creatures by looking at the genes of one shrimp-like species, rather than their physical characteristics.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 27, 2012 4.6 / 5 (5) 1 |

Measured by environmental impact, a humble shrimp cocktail could be the most costly part of a typical restaurant meal, scientists said Friday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 18, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 4

Two groups of small fish, one from a Caribbean island and one from the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, exhibit some of the fastest rates of evolution known in any organism, according to a new UC Davis study.

Biology - Evolution

Apr 27, 2011 5 / 5 (4) 9 |

(Phys.org) -- How can blue whales, the largest animals on the planet, survive by feeding on krill, shrimp-like creatures that are the size of a penny? According to UCLA life scientists, it's all a matter of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 31, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1 |