While sifting through fossil soils in the Catskill region near Cairo, New York, researchers uncovered the…
Biodiversity has substantially changed in one of the largest Mediterranean wetlands
The Camargue area in France has considerably fewer grasshopper, cricket, locust, dragonfly, and amphibian species than…
Easy prey: The largest bears in the world use small streams to fatten up on salmon
A new study reveals a different picture of how and when brown bears in southwestern Alaska…
Your DNA is not your destiny — or a good predictor of your health
In most cases, your genes have less than five per cent to do with your risk…
Improved 3D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers
Scientists have improved the 3D nanoprinting process that enables to build precise, self-stacked, tall-and-narrow nanostructures. The…
Understanding why songbirds choose their homes
New research by University of Alberta biologists uses a new approach to modelling the populations of…
Researchers directly measure 'Cheerios effect' forces for the first time
There’s an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When…
Easy prey: The largest bears in the world use small streams to fatten up on salmon
It’s a familiar scene to anyone who’s watched footage of brown bears catching sockeye salmon in…
Mimicking enzymes, chemists produce large, useful carbon rings
Drawing inspiration from nature, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have discovered an efficient way to wrangle long,…
Gene drives work faster than non-drive approaches to control problem insects
When controlling mosquitoes that spread malaria, gene drives, which force genetic changes to proliferate in a…