Oil-catching sponge could soak up residue from offshore drilling

Drilling and fracking for oil under the seabed produces 100 billion barrels of oil-contaminated wastewater every…

Researchers uncover defective sperm epigenome that leads to male infertility

One out of eight couples has trouble conceiving, with nearly a quarter of those cases caused…

Tiny shells reveal waters off California are acidifying twice as fast as the global ocean

In first-of-its-kind research, NOAA scientists and academic partners used 100 years of microscopic shells to show…

Researchers combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules'

Are you ready for the future? Back in 1869, Russia’s Dmitri Mendeleev began to classify the…

A general theory on explosions that happen against deformable objects

In line with current international research about the interaction of matter with high energies, the University…

Researchers establish how insects take advantage of the carrion left behind by carnivores

A multidisciplinary team of Spanish researchers, including members of the Ecology Department of the Miguel Hernández…

How cells muster and march out

Many of the cell types in our bodies are constantly on the move. LMU physicists have…

Transgender homeless Americans find few protections in the law

Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, made news earlier this year…

Pine trees with larger resin ducts better able to survive mountain pine beetle attack

Not all pine trees are created equal when it comes to fending off their mortal enemy,…

Global mountain gorilla population grows to 1,063

Survey results released today from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, and the contiguous Sarambwe Nature…