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Friday, January 21, 2022

Air pollution significantly reduces pollination by confusing butterflies and bees

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Credit: James Ryalls Common air pollutants from both urban and rural environments may be reducing the pollinating abilities of insects by pr...

Scientists build ‘valves’ in DNA to shape biological information flows

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DNA valve controlling molecular processes along DNA Credit: Thomas Gorochowski Scientists at the University of Bristol have developed new bi...

Suicide Attempts on the Rise, But Help is Hard to Get

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The rate of suicidal behavior among Americans increased from 2008 to 2019, but usage of mental health services didn’t budge, reports a team ...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Arthritis-related gene also regenerates cartilage in joints and growth plates

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Spine from a healthy mouse (left) and a mouse with genetically disrupted cartilage progenitor cells  Image by Dawei Geng and Tea Jashashvili...

Making the invisible visible: tracing the origins of plants in West African cuisine

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Excavated Nok vessels are cleaned and photographed at the Janjala research station, shown in the picture: Dr Gabriele Franke, Goethe Univers...

Powerful volcanic blast not the cause for 2018 Indonesian island collapse

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The dramatic collapse of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilizing processes, and was not tri...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

The Roman Space Telescope's Simulated Ultra-Deep Field Image

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This video demonstrates how Roman could expand on Hubble’s iconic Ultra Deep Field image. While a similar Roman observation would be just as...

Researchers discover how deep-sea worms help keep natural gases on ice

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Sabellidae, or feather duster worms, are a family of marine polychaete tube worms It is well known that natural gas hydrates, crystalline la...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

Citizen science helps nurture our health through nature

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From lifting our moods, to boosting our immune systems, the intrinsic health benefits of being in nature are well known. But as urbanization...

World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

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Fish nests in Weddell Sea  Photo: PS124, AWI OFOBS team Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research te...