Research: New eDNA technology used to quickly assess coral reefs —

Scientists at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa Department of Biology have developed a technique for measuring the amount of living coral on...

Research: Archaeologists recreate ancient brewing techniques to learn how beer kept an empire afloat...

A thousand years ago, the Wari empire stretched across Peru. At its height, it covered an area the size of the Eastern seaboard...

Research: Players explore and search for butterflies using knowledge gained through gameplay —

Gaming and virtual reality (VR) could bridge the gap between urban societies and nature, thereby paving the way to insect conservation by the...

Research: Using the physics of airflows to locate gaseous leaks more quickly in complex...

Engineers at Duke University are developing a smart robotic system for sniffing out pollution hotspots and sources of toxic leaks. Their approach enables...

Research: New variety of zebra chip disease threatens potato production in southwestern Oregon —

Named after the dark stripes that form inside potatoes after they are cut and fried, zebra chip disease is a potentially devastating affliction...

Research: Spore-forming bacteria survive on surfaces coated with antimicrobial, latex paints —

Antimicrobial paints offer the promise of extra protection against bacteria. But Northwestern University researchers caution that these paints might be doing more harm...

Research: Bioengineers program cells as digital signal processors —

Synthetic biologists have added high-precision analog-to-digital signal processing to the genetic circuitry of living cells. The research, described online today in the journal...

Research: Researchers use gene editing with CRISPR to treat lethal lung diseases before birth...

Using CRISPR gene editing, a team from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine have thwarted a lethal lung disease in an...

Research: Virus could pose conservation threat to huemul populations —

Scientists report the first cases of foot disease for endangered huemul deer in Chilean Patagonia in a study led by the Wildlife Conservation...

Research: Infamous ‘death roll’ almost universal among crocodile species —

The iconic "death roll" of alligators and crocodiles may be more common among species than previously believed, according to a new study published...

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