Research: Simply shining light on ‘dinosaur metal’ compound kills cancer cells —
A new compound based on Iridium, a rare metal which landed in the Gulf of Mexico 66 M years ago, hooked onto albumin,...
Research: Harnessing the heartbeat to charge batteries —
The heart's motion is so powerful that it can recharge devices that save our lives, according to new research from Dartmouth College.
Using a...
Research: Passing aircraft wring extra snow and rain out of clouds —
Planes flying over rain or snow can intensify the precipitation by as much as 10-fold, according to a new study.
The rain- and snow-bursts...
Research: Wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl, study reveals —
A scavenger study that used fish carcasses as bait provides additional evidence that wildlife is abundant in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, University of...
Research: Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest —
For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according to a study of 32,000 butterflies...
Research: Study fine-tunes pyrolysis technique to make soil fertile again —
Rice University engineers have figured out how soil contaminated by heavy oil can not only be cleaned but made fertile again.
How do they...
Research: How predatory plankton created modern ecosystems after ‘Snowball Earth’ —
Around 635 to 720 million years ago, during Earth's most severe glacial period, Earth was twice almost completely covered by ice, according to...
Research: How plants cope with iron deficiency —
Research groups from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Münster (WWU) have discovered a new switch that plants use to...
Research: Microbes hitched to insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics —
Medicine was transformed in the 20th century by the discovery and development of antibiotics, the vast majority of which came from one source:...
Research: Strategies for growing biomass for fuel can have economic, ecological and environmental benefits...
In efforts to curb our use of greenhouse gas-generating fossil fuels, plant-based biofuels are among the top contenders as alternative liquid energy sources...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
