Study of Wisconsin walleye finds recreational fishing contributes to stock declines

There’s a long-standing belief in the freshwater fishing community that once anglers find it too hard…

Can plants tell us something about longevity?

The oldest living organism on Earth is a plant, Methuselah a bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) that…

Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater lakes

Every drop of fresh water contains thousands of different organic molecules that have previously gone unnoticed.…

When stuck in water, bees create a wave and hydrofoil atop it, study finds

Walking on Caltech’s campus, research engineer Chris Roh (MS ’13, Ph.D. ’17) happened to see a…

First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of Life

An international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites, supporting the hypothesis that meteorite…

NASA Space Biology Step-1 Proposals Due: December 02, 2019 [NNH18ZTT001N-FG2]

Click here for original story, NASA Space Biology Step-1 Proposals Due: December 02,…

Researchers clear the path for 'designer' plants

A team of researchers has found a way to identify gene regulatory elements that could help…

Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa

New research finds that if Africa chooses a future powered by fossil fuels, nearly 50,000 people…

Synthetic biologists developing a new class of high-performance materials

Synthetic biologists have developed a process that could lead to a new class of synthetic polymers…

Kick-starting Moore's Law? New 'synthetic' method for making microchips could help

Researchers have developed a new method for producing atomically-thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable…