Growth rates of loblolly pine trees

Researchers used ecological forecasting to predict how changes in temperature, water, and concentrations of carbon in…

Machine learning helps to predict the treatment outcomes of schizophrenia

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to help identify patients suffering from schizophrenia and to ascertain if…

Climate change-induced march of treelines halted by unsuitable soils

Researchers have discovered unsuitable soil at higher altitudes may be halting the advancement of treelines. This…

Novel therapy delays muscle atrophy in Lou Gehrig’s disease model

Supplementing a single protein found in the spinal cord could help prevent symptoms of Lou Gehrig's…

Turn exercise into a game and see encouraging results

A team of researchers built a web-based app called MapTrek. When synced with a Fitbit, MapTrek…

New evidence of two subspecies of American pikas in Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park provides habitat for not one, but two subspecies of the American pika.

Algae have land genes

The genome of the algae species Chara braunii has been decoded. It already contains the first…

First machine learning method capable of accurate extrapolation

Understanding how a robot will react under different conditions is essential to guaranteeing its safe operation.…

Wearable device can predict older adults’ risk of falling

Every year, more than one in three individuals aged 65 and older will experience a fall.…

Parental controls do not stop teens from seeing pornography

New research has found that Internet filtering tools are ineffective and in most cases, were an…