Noise pollution from gas compressors changes abundance of insects, spiders

The relentless roar of natural gas compressors influences the numbers of insects and spiders nearby, triggering…

Protecting life’s tangled ecological webs

Keeping habitats connected, so that species can move in response to environmental change, is crucial to…

The veins in your brain don’t all act the same

Certain blood vessels in the brainstem constrict when blood vessels elsewhere in the body would dilate.…

Study refutes findings behind challenge to Sierra Nevada forest restoration

Ecologists have found significant flaws in the research used to challenge the US Forest Service plan…

Quantum computing now closer to reality with new materials

Quantum computing could outsmart current computing for complex problem solving, but only if scientists figure out…

Key role for microRNA in inflammatory bowel disease

An international team of researchers has discovered that a microRNA produced by certain white blood cells…

A new tool to decipher evolutionary biology

A new bioinformatics tool to compare genome data has been developed. The program called 'ModelFinder' uses…

Childhood bullying linked to health risks in adulthood

Childhood bullying may lead to long-lasting health consequences, impacting psychosocial risk factors for cardiovascular health well…

Jumping to your death? Motivations of extreme sports

Researchers have debunked the myth that extreme sportsmen and women are adrenalin junkies with a death…

Elusive atomic motion captured by electron microscopy

The movement of atoms through a material can cause problems under certain circumstances. Atomic-resolution electron microscopy…