Reconstructing the diets of fossil vertebrates

Paleodietary studies of the fossil record are impeded by a lack of reliable and unequivocal tracers.…

Seeding oceans with iron may not impact climate change

Historically, the oceans have done much of the planet’s heavy lifting when it comes to sequestering…

Atomic structures mapped in measles, mumps, flu and RSV

Northwestern University researchers have, for the first time, determined the 3-D atomic structure of a key…

Mediterranean rainfall immediately affected by greenhouse gas changes

Mediterranean-type climates face immediate drops in rainfall when greenhouse gases rise, but this could be interrupted…

Extreme weather to overload urban power grids, study shows

Extreme hot spells made increasingly likely by climate change could overload urban power grids and cause…

Freshwater insects recover while spiders decline in UK

Many insects, mosses and lichens in the UK are bucking the trend of biodiversity loss, according…

New green technology generates electricity 'out of thin air'

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein…

Reproductive genome from the laboratory

The field of synthetic biology does not only observe and describe processes of life but also…

Scientists call for reform on rankings and indices of science journals

Researchers are used to being evaluated based on indices like the impact factors of the scientific…

Protein function maintains the balance between protrusive and contractile cell machineries

Tropomodulin maintains the fine balance between the protein machineries responsible for cell movement and morphogenesis. Disturbances…