Research: Jet fuels made from plants could be cost competitive with conventional fossil fuels...
With an estimated daily fuel demand of more than 5 million barrels per day, the global aviation sector is incredibly energy-intensive and almost...
Research: Female and male bees of the same species frequent different flowers, study finds...
For scores of wild bee species, females and males visit very different flowers for food -- a discovery that could be important for...
Research: A central signal sorting hub in plants —
Plants growing in the wild constantly sense and respond to a multitude of signals by suitably coordinating biological processes.
Seasonal cues such as day...
Research: Scientists document late Pleistocene/early Holocene Mesoamerican stone tool tradition —
From the perspective of Central and South America, the peopling of the New World was a complex process lasting thousands of years and...
Study: The world’s largest stem cell biobank launched
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the...
Research: A global study finds that even the remotest parts of the open ocean...
In a groundbreaking new study published in the journal Nature, an international team of over 150 scientists from 26 countries combined movement data...
Research: Gut microbes eat our medication —
The first time Vayu Maini Rekdal manipulated microbes, he made a decent sourdough bread. At the time, young Maini Rekdal, and most people...
Research: Mites and ticks are close relatives, new research shows —
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Natural History Museum in London have reconstructed the evolutionary history of the chelicerates, the mega-diverse...
Research: Scientists achieve the first stable simulations of DNA crystals —
Since the birth of structural biology, X-ray crystallography has been the most widely used technique to determine the three-dimensional structure of biomolecules --...
Research: Ultrahot planets have starlike atmospheres —
Recent observations by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes of ultrahot Jupiter-like planets have perplexed theorists. The spectra of these planets have suggested...
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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...