A University of Iowa researcher has discovered that a "Goldilocks" effect applies to the reproductive output of a tiny New Zealand snail—considered a troublesome species in many countries—that may one day help environmentalists ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2013
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Some companies could economically convert their operations to wood boilers for heat and power, according to a team of forestry researchers.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 3, 2013
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A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Zoological Society or London warns that the world's largest tropical desert, the Sahara, has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations.
Ecology
Dec 3, 2013
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Rain, crucial to sustaining life on Earth, is proving deadly for young peregrine falcons in Canada's Arctic.
Earth Sciences
Dec 3, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Listen up nickel-titanium and all you other shape-memory alloys, there's a new kid on the block that just claimed the championship for elasticity and is primed to take over the shape memory apps market at the ...
Nanophysics
Dec 3, 2013
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German police say they have developed software that can automatically identify banned neo-Nazi music.
Software
Dec 3, 2013
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The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is fueling questions about whether automated crash-avoidance technology could have prevented ...
Engineering
Dec 3, 2013
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Facebook is boosting its efforts to put more news in its News Feed.
Internet
Dec 3, 2013
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The last common ancestor of Man and Ape was not a knuckle-walking, tree-swinging hominid resembling today's chimpanzee, said a study Tuesday challenging some long-held theories of human evolution.
Archaeology
Dec 3, 2013
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The Northwestern Pacific Ocean tropical cyclone season continues with the formation of the thirty-third tropical depression today, December 3, 2013.Two NASA satellites provided a look at the newly formed depression's cloud ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 3, 2013
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