When it comes to communicating with each other, some cells may be more "old school" than was previously thought.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 1, 2015
8
1318
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft first began orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014. Almost immediately, scientists began to wonder about several surprisingly deep, almost perfectly circular ...
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2015
16
1421
A single-celled marine plankton evolved a miniature version of a multi-cellular eye, possibly to help see its prey better, according to University of British Columbia (UBC) research published today in Nature.
Evolution
Jul 1, 2015
16
3760
A University of Texas at Arlington materials science and engineering team has developed a new energy cell that can store large-scale solar energy even when it's dark.
Materials Science
Jul 1, 2015
3
260
The sedated, blindfolded lions lay in the dirt, unwitting passengers about to embark on a 30-hour, 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) journey by truck and plane from South Africa to Rwanda, whose lion population was wiped out following ...
Ecology
Jul 1, 2015
0
17
Turkmenistan reported its hottest June on record Wednesday, as a heat wave envelops former Soviet Central Asia.
Environment
Jul 1, 2015
0
104
To us, fireworks are the sparkling embodiment of July Fourth. But to dogs, they truly are bombs bursting in air.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2015
0
20
Ongoing efforts to feed a growing global population are threatened by rising fossil-fuel energy costs and breakdowns in transportation infrastructure. Without new ways to preserve, store, and transport food products, the ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2015
2
45
Age divides Americans on science issues just as much as political ideology, a new analysis of recent polling shows.
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2015
0
31
The production of petroleum from Canada's oil sands is on the rise with much of it destined for U.S. refineries. As the U.S. takes stock of its greenhouse gas emissions, scientists report in the ACS journal Environmental ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2015
0
15
