Research: Corals produce molecules that can help resist disease —
Corals' resistance to disease is highly dependent on their ability to maintain healthy surface microbiomes, a community of microorganisms, such as bacteria and...
Research: New material cleans and splits water —
Some of the most useful and versatile materials today are the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are a class of materials demonstrating structural versatility,...
Research: Scientists settle argument over structure of condensin complex in every cell —
Biological physicists at Rice University have a new cellular mechanics theory that rings true.
The Rice lab of José Onuchic has determined the structure...
Research: What’s in the air? There’s more to it than we thought —
Yale researchers have found that a type of air pollution is much more complicated than previous studies indicated.
Using high-powered equipment to analyze air...
Research: Seed banking not an option for over a third of threatened species —
In paper published today in Nature Plants, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, detail for the first time the scale of threatened...
Research: Comet tails blowing in the solar wind —
Engineers and scientists gathered around a screen in an operations room at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., eager to lay their...
Research: New DNA nanostructures —
Knots are indispensable tools for such human activities as sailing, fishing and rock climbing, (not to mention, tying shoes). But tying a knot...
Research: Ozone hole modest despite optimum conditions for ozone depletion —
The ozone hole that forms in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica each September was slightly above average size in 2018, NOAA and NASA...
Research: New study finds drought-resistant native plant can irrigate food crops —
The trick to boosting crops in drought-prone, food-insecure areas of West Africa could be a ubiquitous native shrub that persists in the toughest...
Research: Salvage logging, planting not necessary to regenerate Douglas firs after Klamath fires —
Researchers at Portland State University and Oregon State University looking at the aftermath of wildfires in southwestern Oregon and northern California found that...
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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...
