Eco-label in exchange for less chemicals on rice fields

Money isn't always everything: Taiwanese rice farmers are willing to produce in an environmentally friendly fashion…

Sydney Harbor emissions equivalent to 200 cars on the roads

The first footprint of Sydney Harbor's carbon emissions has found it is roughly equivalent to similar…

Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days, latest data from ice shelf shows

The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica has grown by 17km in the…

Facial expressions can cause us problems in telling unfamiliar faces apart

Using hundreds of faces of actors from movies, psychologists have shown how facial expressions can get…

Red light has no effect on bat activity: Less disruption by changing artificial color

Artificial light at night can have a disruptive effect on bats, but not if the light…

Bacteria used as factories to produce cancer drugs

Researchers have developed a method of producing P450 enzymes -- used by plants to defend against…

Hospitalization risk factors for kids with autism identified

With the goal of prevention, a new study of children and teens with autism spectrum disorders…

Scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes

In a pair of studies, scientists explored how the human brain stores and retrieves memories. One…

Secukinumab and ixekizumab in psoriasis: Considerable added benefit for certain patients

There were notably more remissions with Secukinumab and ixekizumab than under the comparator therapies for psoriasis.…

Forensic chemical analysis of wood could stop illegal logging

A new technique has been developed to tackle illegal logging by pinpointing the wood's origin to…