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Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields
WSYR 9 Syracuse· 19 hours agoIn the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms...
Marine scientists discover remarkable importance of seagrass in preventing heavy metal...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoIn fact, experts estimate that seagrass provides roughly $88.3 billion worth of carbon storage...
Spaceflight effects tumor-bearing fruit fly hosts and their parasites - NASA
NASA· 12 hours agoBackground: Like humans, fruit flies (a model organism for spaceflight research) also exhibit immune system dysfunction in space. Despite decades of studies on fruit flies ...
Swim advisories issued for areas of Norfolk, Peninsula beaches
The Virginian-Pilot· 17 hours agoThe Virginia Department of Health has issued swim advisories for some beaches in Hampton Roads,...
He Won the Spelling Bee 70 Years Ago. Here’s His Advice for Today’s Competitors.
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours ago“It was a word I knew but had never been asked to spell,” he said. He said the words used in recent...
New 'atlas' provides unprecedented insights on how genes function in early embryo development
Phys.org· 7 days agoBiomedical efforts to learn how disorders can take hold in the earliest stages of development would...
Sea urchins made to order: Scripps scientists make transgenic breakthrough
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPostdoctoral researcher Elliot Jackson works with sea urchin eggs in a lab at Scripps. (Sandy...
Chandra X-ray Observatory's sharp imaging has been crucial for space exploration the past 25 years
Fast Company Magazine· 2 hours agoWhen a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it...
Ticks and the diseases they carry
Medical Xpress· 24 hours agoIn many regions of the U.S. and the world, enjoying the great outdoors comes with a hidden risk: ticks and the diseases they carry. Ticks can carry...
Today is National Alligator Day. Meet the reptile found in every Florida county
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoResearch has shown alligators link three key aspects of Everglades’ ecology, UF said: "As top...