University of Delaware researchers are developing sensors that they hope will allow real-time, in situ detection of water and air pollutants in an inexpensive and environmentally friendly manner.

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

May 24, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Since 1996, farmers worldwide have planted more than a billion acres (400 million hectares) of genetically modified corn and cotton that produce insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jun 10, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shed new light on how diving mammals, such as the sperm whale, have evolved to survive for long periods underwater without breathing.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 13, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A new species of fungus that causes life-threatening infections in humans and cats has been discovered by a University of Sydney researcher.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 18, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

(Phys.org) —A professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has put aside nearly a century and a half of conventional wisdom with the rediscovery of a species of giant Amazonian ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 24, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 1 |

Efforts to restore sturgeon in the Great Lakes region have received a lot of attention in recent years, and many of the news stories note that the prehistoric-looking fish are "living fossils" virtually unchanged ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 06, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —From the earliest modern humans to the present day, our species has evolved dramatically in both biological and behavioural terms. What forces prompted these momentous changes?

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jun 03, 2013 4.5 / 5 (4) 1 |

(AP)—A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the federal government to take northern Pacific humpback whales off the endangered species list.

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0

Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially ...

Biology - Ecology

May 05, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Salmon and other native freshwater fish in California will likely become extinct within the next century due to climate change if current trends continue, ceding their habitats to non-native ...

Biology - Ecology

May 30, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 1

(Phys.org) —The only truly practical biofuels will be those made from abundant feedstocks like switchgrass, wheat straw, and other woody plants, whose cell walls consist of lignocellulose. After pretreatment ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jun 11, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

The cheetah, the world's fastest land animal, survived mass extinction during the last ice age 10,000 years ago.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 24, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

The tattoos on Ashley Cryan's ankles depict a chicken and a pig. Since the days of Captain Cook, sailors have donned the animals' likenesses to help them walk on water and guard against drowning. According ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

A controversial cull of up to 10,000 wild horses in Australia's harsh Outback reportedly began Wednesday in a bid to control the feral animals which officials say are destroying the land.

Biology - Ecology

May 22, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Efforts to conserve biodiversity in the UK, Belgium and Netherlands may be working, despite the widespread perception that wildlife is in terminal decline, a new study suggests.

Biology - Ecology

May 23, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0