New method to quantify life cycle land use of natural gas

A case study of the Barnett Shale region in Texas, where hydraulic fracturing was first implemented,…

House sparrow decline linked to air pollution and poor diet

House sparrows are well-adapted to living in urban areas, so it is surprising their numbers have…

U.S. breast cancer death rates dropped 39 percent between 1989 and 2015

Breast cancer death rates dropped 39 percent between 1989 and 2015, averting 322,600 breast cancer deaths…

New targeted alpha therapy protocol for advanced prostate cancer

Therapy options are limited for men with advanced-stage, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, but a new treatment…

New report gives the lay of the land on grazing livestock’s climate impact

An international research collaboration has shed light on the impact that grass-fed animals have on climate…

Extreme magnetic storm: Red aurora over Kyoto in 1770

Researchers used historic accounts of a rare red aurora over Kyoto, Japan, in the 18th century…

Clumps as temporary storage

Researchers have discovered that the formation of protein aggregates in yeast cells is reversible. This casts…

To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma

Female butterflies make smart investments, finds a new study.

Astronomers reveal evidence of dynamical dark energy

Astronomers found that the nature of dark energy may not be the cosmological constant introduced by…

Numerical Simulation of Illumination and Thermal Conditions at the Lunar Poles Using LOLA DTMs

Abstract: We are interested in illumination conditions and the temperature distribution within the upper two meters…