Scientists receive grant to study effects of drought and disease on black walnut trees
How will climate change affect the walnuts we eat? That is what a team of researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture...
Cosmic Gluttony: Black Holes Revealed as Messy Eaters
New, highly detailed observations of the gas dynamics around a supermassive black hole have provided crucial insights into its feeding habits and the fate...
Scientists develops synthetic materials for energy-saving applications
A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to create new synthetic materials that can improve on inorganic metal oxides for...
Research finds electric vehicles provide lower carbon emissions through additional channels
With new major spending packages investing billions of dollars in electric vehicles in the U.S., some analysts have raised concerns over how green the...
Gargantuan guinea pig ancestor was a tusk fighter
Dr. Philip Cox, of the Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences at the University of York in Britain, and colleagues reported an analysis of...
New technique to study clouds on exoplanets developed by researchers at MIT
While exoplanets are now being discovered by the thousands, it is still a painstaking process to determine any specific details about them, since they...
New census indicates a Galapagos giant tortoise population explosion
The number of Galapagos giant tortoise living on the island of Española has reached at least 1,000. The latest census was conducted by James...
University of Cincinnati scientists examine low-cost ways to improve urban streams
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati are studying low-cost ways to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in urban creeks.
Like those found in many...
Johns Hopkins researchers find brain differences in insomnia
Chronic insomnia results from a difference in brain function according to research reported by Dr. Rachel E. Salas, an assistant professor of neurology at...
Research: Staying a step ahead of invasive insect species with computer simulations
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a simulation predicting the spread of an invasive beetle species harming local flora. They tried models based...
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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...
