A dozen feet deep in the azure waters of the Red Sea, Israeli marine ecologist Assaf…
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Researchers synthesize healing compounds in scorpion venom
A scorpion native to Eastern Mexico may have more than just toxin in its sting. Researchers…
Amazon dethrones Google as top global brand: survey
US retail giant Amazon has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and Google to become the world’s…
Fluvial geomorphology of mountain streams aids understanding of dynamics of other rivers like Cuyahoga
Studying the sediment of a mountain river can reveal thousands of years or more of a…
Light-powered nano-organisms consume CO2, create eco-friendly plastics and fuels
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and…
Life in Antarctica's ice mirrors human disease
The cooling of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, which began approximately 35 million years ago and…
Switchgrass hybrid yields insights into plant evolution
Switchgrass is attractive as a potential bioenergy crop because it can grow for years without having…
Fracking causes some songbirds to thrive while others decline
A new paper in The Condor: Ornithological Applications, published by Oxford University Press, finds that some…
Canada bans capture and breeding of dolphins, whales
Canada’s parliament on Monday approved a bill banning the capture and breeding of cetaceans such as…
Poison dart frog brains can hold a mental map
Frogs aren’t meant to be able to store a mental map in their brains. 20 years…