The sequencing and assembly of the genome of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is published online this week in Genome Biology. The species is native to North America, where it is current ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

Guatemala decreed an agricultural emergency Friday because of a coffee tree fungus that is ravaging crops and could cost the sector up to $400 million this year.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

First detected in the United States a decade ago, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is now in at least 39 states, is wreaking havoc in homes and gardens, and is a major economic threat to orchard fruits, garden vegetables ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The United States could see its standing as a superpower eroded and Asian economies will outstrip those of North America and Europe combined by 2030, according to the best guess of the U.S. intelligence community in its latest ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Dec 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Computer viruses are constantly replicating throughout computer networks and wreaking havoc. But what if they had to find mates in order to reproduce?

Biology - Evolution

Aug 29, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org) -- Wheezes, whispers, coughs and sidebar remarks might one day crash into a deafening roar: There is a disconnect problem in data management policies involving the technology industry as deployed and utilized. ...

Technology - Internet

Aug 07, 2012 5 / 5 (13) 13 |

A survey conducted by Michigan State University reveals strong public support for government programs to assist farmers to adapt to climate change.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 25, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Studying the long rainy seasons in Indochina can help climatologists understand the accompanying and often threatening weather phenomenon and hopefully bring relief to its inhabitants.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

An international research team led by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Boris Vinatzer and Giorgio Balestra of the University of Tuscia in Italy has used the latest DNA sequencing technology to trace a devastating ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 09, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

US authorities have ordered the seizure of 36 websites engaged in selling and distributing stolen credit card numbers, officials said Thursday.

Technology - Internet

Apr 26, 2012 not rated yet 0

If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 07, 2012 3 / 5 (1) 6 |

When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

Technology - Other

Oct 23, 2011 4.3 / 5 (11) 21

EU energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger is preparing legislation to force oil-drilling companies to pay for pollution caused up to 200 nautical miles off European coastlines, a source said Tuesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 19, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0

Scientists from The University of Nottingham have joined forces with researchers in Africa to tackle a lethal disease which is devastating a vital resource and foodstuff... the coconut palm.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 14, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a UCLA geographer predicts in a new book.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 06, 2010 3.9 / 5 (12) 21