Personalized medicine software vulnerability uncovered by Sandia researchers

A weakness in one common open source software for genomic analysis left DNA-based medical diagnostics vulnerable…

Long-haul flights and Super Rugby performance: what the science says

Super Rugby is arguably the highest expression of rugby at club level in the world. Its…

Mathematical models can predict animals' risk of extinction

Can we predict the extinction of endangered species? In short: yes—and we can achieve this by…

Sixth right whale death in Canadian waters sets researchers on urgent mission for solutions

There is a growing urgency to identify where endangered North Atlantic right whales are migrating, say…

Earth to Mars in 100 days: The power of nuclear rockets

The solar system is a really big place, and it takes forever to travel from world…

Scientists alarmed by bark beetle boom

Bark beetles are currently responsible for killing an unprecedented number of trees in forests across Europe…

Edible insects could be a key ingredient to avoiding a global food crisis, researchers insist

Edible insects could be a key ingredient to avoiding a global food crisis, according to a…

Embracing bioinformatics in gene banks

The preservation of plant biodiversity is the task of the roughly 1,750 gene banks distributed around…

Nature-based solutions: The missing ingredient in climate adaptation?

The upcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 will attempt to bring about transformative…

Research shows governance is key to better resource management strategies

For resource managers charged with maintaining important assets like croplands or fisheries, quantitative modeling is a…