We might not notice them, but the crops farmers grow are protected by scores of tiny invertebrate bodyguards. Naturally occurring arthropods like spiders and lady…
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A big problem with dinosaurs is that there seems to be too many meat-eaters. From studies of modern animals, there is a feeding pyramid, with…
Hadrosaur double prints. Credit: Fiorillo et al, 2019 These trackways allow researchers to explore habitat preferences in high-latitude dinosaurs. Abundant dinosaur footprints in Alaska reveal…
The seven species of watermelon have an incredible amount of diversity. Credit: Xingping Zhang/Syngenta An international team of researchers has taken a comprehensive look at…
For years news outlets have tied major sporting events to an increase in sex trafficking, but researchers have now revealed that assumption is a myth…
The unwanted metallic SWCNTs deposited at the bottom of the solution, while the wanted semiconducting ones floated to the top. Credit: Haruka Omachi A new,…
USC computer scientists and psychologists teamed up to investigate how music affects how you act, feel and think. In a new paper, a team of…
A volume rendering of the ionized gas wind in Makani. Two of the dimensions are spatial, and the third is velocity. The colors trace the…
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) California’s devastating Kincaid Fire located in Sonoma County has grown to over 66,000 acres…
New study on early human fire acquisition squelches debate. Fire starting is a skill that many modern humans struggle with in the absence of a…
Recovery from drought stress imposed on wheat. Plant treated with OP on the right. Credit: UCR UC Riverside-led team’s discovery keeps plants plump and offers…
The hydrogen storage and release capacity of HB sheets is exceptionally high due to their two-dimensional nature and unique electronic band structure. Credit: Nature Communications…
Bovine skeletal muscle cells grown in the presence of myoglobin (center) or hemoglobin (right). Credit: Robin Simsa & David Kaplan, Tufts University Cultured meat could…
There is increasing interest around the world in using timber as a lighter, more sustainable construction alternative to steel and concrete. While wood has been…
A comprehensive study led by Colonel Divakaran Padma Kumar Pillay — a former Indian Army officer, severely wounded in counter-insurgency operations — calls for an…
Left: View of the foundations of the Western Wall (left) and the retaining wall that abutted it, built on bedrock (below). To the right are…
A researcher works at a trench at Stelida (Naxos, Greece). Credit: Evaggelos Tzoumenekas An international research team led by scientists from McMaster University has unearthed…
New research reveals possible applications of nickel, from data storage to biosensors. When scientists and engineers discover new ways to optimize existing materials, it paves…
Rocket bomb damage to Chrysler Works, London, September 12, 1944. Credit: Crown Copyright courtesy of The National Archives A researcher from the University of York…
USDA ARS staff inspect alfalfa roots for crown rot. Credit: Deborah Samac Has anyone ever told you to eat a banana when you have a…