Research: Camera trap study reveals the hidden lives of island carnivores —

Researchers placed 160 cameras on 19 of the 22 Apostle Islands in northern Wisconsin to see which carnivores were living there. After taking...

Research: Primary tropical forests are best but regrowing forests are also vital to biodiversity...

Even after 40 years of recovery, secondary forests remain species and carbon-poor compared to undisturbed primary forests, a new study reveals. However these secondary...
Supermassive black hole emits a ferocious "double burp"

Supermassive black hole emits a ferocious “double burp”

A team led by CU Boulder researchers has caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then “burping”—not once,...

Research: Rethinking old-growth forests using lichens as an indicator of conservation value —

Two Canadian biologists are proposing a better way to assess the conservation value of old-growth forests in North America -- using lichens, sensitive...
Research found that wearing a face mask stopped person-to-person spread of the virus

Research found that wearing a face mask stopped person-to-person spread of the virus

A study by a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases...

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...
Incredible photo captures moment huge whale shark loomed underneath boat

Incredible photo captures moment huge whale shark loomed underneath boat

This is the amazing moment a giant whale shark was captured looming beneath a boat full of unsuspecting tourists. Most of us can barely catch...

Research: Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland —

Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from Michigan State University, they can now...

Research: More efficient solar cells imitate photosynthesis —

The smallest building blocks within the power stations of organisms which get their energy directly from the sun are basically miniature reactors surrounded...
Flexible sheet-type magnetic sensor systems developed with tenfold improvement in sensitivity

Flexible sheet-type magnetic sensor systems developed with tenfold improvement in sensitivity

A team of researchers from Osaka University and Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research developed the world's thinnest and lightest magnetic sensor...

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