(Phys.org)—Amid the economic and environmental realities of fossil fuel dependence in the United States, regulatory processes need immediate reform to allow renewable energy initiatives such as offshore wind to provide ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 15, 2013
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The remarkable diversity of California's plant life is largely the result of low extinction rates over the past 45 million years, according to a new study published in the journal Evolution. Although many new species have ...
Evolution
Jan 9, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Research carried out at the University of Sheffield has revealed intriguing parallels between modern day and Bronze-Age Syria as the Mesopotamian region underwent urban decline, government collapse, and drought.
Archaeology
Dec 18, 2012
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Shifting population trends mean that one in three children born by 2050 will be African, the U.N. Children's Fund said Tuesday.
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2012
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A fundamental cornerstone for spintronics that has been missing up until now has been constructed by a team of physicists at Linköping University in Sweden. It's the world's first spin amplifier that can be used at room ...
General Physics
Nov 16, 2012
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We're not used to thinking of ourselves as animals. But as Jason Samson sees it, climate is as important in shaping the distribution and movement of humans as it is in other animals. The McGill-trained ecologist and fellow ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2012
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Sudden shifts in complex systems such as the climate, financial markets, ecosystems and even the human body can be preceded by surprisingly comparable warning signals. It is crucial to be able to predict such transitions, ...
Mathematics
Oct 22, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Reports of declining ice coverage and drowning polar bears in the Arctic illustrate dramatic ecosystem responses to global climate change in Earth's polar regions. But in this first-ever account of a long-term ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2012
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Our planet was revolving on its axis, turning night into day every 24 hours, for 4.5 billion years - long before any form of life existed here. About a billion years later, the very first simple bacterial cells came into ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 2, 2012
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Politics and genetics have traditionally been considered non-overlapping fields, but over the past decade it has become clear that genes can influence political behavior, according to a review published online August 27th ...
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2012
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