US calls for rescinding rules on oil industry methane leaks

The Trump administration moved Thursday to revoke Obama-era regulations on climate-changing methane leaks from oil facilities,…

Food, predators, and people influence giraffe social behavior

The behavior of giraffe groups with calves is influenced more strongly by the risk of predators…

A new way to measure how water moves

When a chemical spills in the environment, it’s important to know how quickly the spill will…

New research reveals that a human stomach pathogen is attracted to bleach

Researchers at the University of Oregon have uncovered a molecular mechanism by which the human stomach…

Christian church supports international students, new research reveals

The Christian church can provide an important social support community for international college students in the…

Researchers demonstrate first all-metamaterial optical gas sensor

Researchers have developed the first fully-integrated, non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor enabled by specially engineered synthetic…

New UN high-seas treaty must close gaps in biodiversity governance

Thousands of marine species could be at risk if a new United Nations high-seas biodiversity treaty,…

NASA sees a transitioned, merging Extra-Tropical Storm Erin off US east coast

Former tropical depression Erin has made the transition into an extra-tropical system off the eastern coast…

Diversity of inter-species interactions affects functioning of ecological communities

Mathematical modeling suggests that the diversity of interactions between species in an ecological community plays a…

Researchers gain new insight about bacteria within grapevine-killing crown gall tumors

Scientists have mapped the DNA of bacteria found within a chronic disease affecting grapevines, a feat…