Research: 99-million-year-old beetle trapped in amber served as pollinator to evergreen cycads —
Flowering plants are well known for their special relationship to the insects and other animals that serve as their pollinators. But, before the...
Research: Tibetan sheep highly susceptible to human plague, originates from marmots —
In the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, one of the region's highest risk areas for human plague, Himalayan marmots are the primary carriers of the infectious...
Research: The numbers of birds and bird species are declining in an area where...
Researchers have found declines in the number and diversity of bird populations at nine sites surveyed in northern New Mexico, where eight species...
Research: There is not one kind of ‘good sperm’ — it depends on other...
In a study published in Behavioral Ecology researchers from Uppsala University show that the same type of sperm is not always the best...
Research: How do plants turn off photosynthetic activity at night? —
Arabidopsis leaves (left), Epidermal cells (center, bar=20µm)...
Research: A unique combination of catalysts opens doors to making useful compounds —
Researchers have developed a new method that aids in the process of making valuable compounds by using a unique combination of catalysts.
A study...
Research: ‘Abrupt thaw’ of permafrost beneath lakes could significantly affect climate change models —
Methane released by thawing permafrost from some Arctic lakes could significantly accelerate climate change, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.
The...
Research: Reverse osmosis membranes with tunable thickness —
Currently, more than 300 million people around the world rely on desalinated water for part or all of their daily needs. That demand...
Research: Closer look at a mysterious protein —
Scientists at Scripps Research have solved the structure of a key protein that senses when our cells swell. This protein, called SWELL1 (or...
Research: Hydrogen is the most-abundant element in the universe and the simplest, but that...
Lab-based mimicry allowed an international team of physicists including Carnegie's Alexander Goncharov to probe hydrogen under the conditions found in the interiors of...
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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...
