Teens who participate in extracurriculars, get less screen time, have better mental health

A new study from UBC researchers finds that teens, especially girls, have better mental health when…

To predict how crops cope with changing climate, 30 years of experiments simulate future

A new review synthesizes 30 years of ‘Free-Air Concentration Enrichment’ (FACE) data to grasp how global…

Hungry plants rely on their associated bacteria to mobilize unavailable iron

Researchers have found that, faced with limiting iron, plants direct their microbiota to mobilize this essential…

For plant and animal immune systems the similarities go beyond sensing

Researchers have discovered that plants have independently evolved a family of immune proteins that are strikingly…

New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior

A new study by paleontologists indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal social behavior goes back…

Artificial night lighting has widespread impacts on nature

Artificial night-time lighting has a diverse range of effects across the natural world and should be…

Room temperature conversion of CO2 to CO: A new way to synthesize hydrocarbons

Researchers have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power…

NOAA SWPC Space Weather Outlook #20-44 2 November 2020

NOAA SWPC Space Weather Outlook #20-44 2 November 2020 Click here for original story,…

How the immune system remembers viruses

For a person to acquire immunity to a disease, T cells must develop into memory cells…

Age is a primary determinant of melanoma treatment resistance

Age may cause identical cancer cells with the same mutations to behave differently. In animal and…