Efficiency of insect biodiversity monitoring via Malaise trap samples and DNA barcoding

The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by…

New study of water-saving plants advances efforts to develop drought-resistant crops

As part of an effort to develop drought-resistant food and bioenergy crops, scientists at the Department…

3-D solutions to energy savings in silicon power transistors

In electronics, lower power consumption leads to operation cost savings, environmental benefits and the convenience advantages…

Report reassesses variations in global warming

Experts at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) have issued a new assessment of…

Flowers use physics to attract pollinators

A new review indicates that flowers may be able to manipulate the laws of physics, by…

Researchers stress the need for research on Ebola virus disease in great apes

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a threat to human health, but it also threatens the survival…

Ultrathin protective layer brings quite a bit more stability to perovskite solar cell

The addition of a few nanometers of a thin layer of aluminum oxide protects a perovskite…

Experimental insecticide explodes mosquitoes, not honeybees

In a new study, Vanderbilt pharmacologist Jerod Denton, Ph.D., Ohio State entomologist Peter Piermarini, Ph.D., and…

New VW firm to focus on mobility services like ride sharing

Volkswagen is launching a new company dedicated to car sharing and other "mobility services" in which…

Fish fossils reveal how tails evolved

Despite their obvious physical differences, elephants, lizards and trout all have something in common. They possess…