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More fish off the 'green' menu
Better labelling is needed to help customers protect over-fished species, according to campaign group.
Another pesticide resistant weed found
Australia's third glyphosate-resistant weed has been recorded, prompting experts to put out a call for farmers to switch to an integrated weed management system.
On a Wing and Low Air: The Surprising Way Wind Turbines Kill Bats
Scientists have known since 2004 that wind farms kill bats, just as they kill birds, even though the flying mammals should be able to avoid them. Many biologists thought that...
Live architecture: Grow your own home
The concept of coaxing living trees into useful objects, sometimes called tree shaping, arborsculpture, living art or eco-architecture, isn’t new. But now engineers and plant scientists from Tel Aviv University...
More Strawberries, More Antioxidant Absorption
Scientists have assessed the human body's capacity for absorbing certain antioxidant compounds in strawberries, and have found that the absorption of one key beneficial plant chemical was not "maxed out"...
Keeping Cells Youthful: How Telomere-building Proteins Get Drawn Into The Fold
It may take just one or two proteins to polish off a simple cellular task, but life-or-death matters, such as caring for the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, require...
Stem Cells Stand Up For Themselves
Adult stem cells are not pampered pushovers. O'Reilly et al. report in the Aug. 25 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology that certain stem cells take charge of their...
NASA Tool Helps Track Whale Sharks, Polar Bears
Photos of giant whale sharks snapped by vacationing scuba divers and snorkelers are helping scientists track the elusive marine creatures across the oceans thanks to a star-mapping method used by...
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: New Giant Fish Species Announced
The Pacific goliath grouper, which can grow more than six feet long, is a separate species from its relative the Atlantic grouper, a new genetic study found.
Gene that causes childhood cancer neuroblastoma is found
Scientists have discovered gene mutations that are the main cause of the inherited version of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. In addition, the researchers found that the same mutations play a...
Bronze Age building saved from the sea
A team of archaeologists have saved a Bronze Age building on Shetland from destruction by the sea... by moving it brick by brick to a safe new location.
Bad year for Britain's butterflies
LONDON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Windy, rainy weather for two consecutive summers have made it s dreadful year for many species of British butterflies, a conservationist said.
Anti-cancer Flower Power: Researchers Combat Cancer With A Jasmine-based Drug
Could a substance from the jasmine flower hold the key to an effective new therapy to treat cancer? Researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug based on a decade of research...
How 'secondary' sex characters can drive the origin of species
The ostentatious, sometimes bizarre qualities that improve a creature's chances of finding a mate may also drive the reproductive separation of populations and the evolution of new species, say two...
Study Reveals How Blood Flow Force Prevents Clogged Arteries
Machines on cell surfaces, mechanical and lifeless as bed springs, protect blood vessels by responding to blood flow force, according to research published today in the Journal of Cell Biology....
Falling With Style: Geckos Count on Tails
The tail plays an active role in the gecko's amazing ability to climb as well as to fall safely.
US Colleges Ditching Cafeteria Trays
Colleges getting rid of trays to conserve water, cut student calories.
Threatened turtle turned up by cottager-funded Ont. lake study
A healthy population of threatened turtles has been found in an eastern Ontario lake as a result of a study partly funded by local cottagers.
University of Houston wins research prize
HOUSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Two U.S. scientists at the University of Houston say they have created technologies for monitoring the sizes and genomic diversity of microbial communities.
Three pandas born during final weekend of Olympics: reports
Three giant pandas have been born in southwest China, bringing the total number of new arrivals of the endangered species this year to at least 19, state media reported.
LipidomicNet: New Lipidomics Project Promotes Translational Research Towards Human Disease
The enormous advances in biology and biomedical research during the last decade originate mainly from the fields of Genomics and Proteomics. The current revolution in lipid analysis, however, promises change....
How Cancer Cells Come Unstuck And Spread
Scientists have started a three-year study into the junctions that hold cells together, giving insight into how cancer cells can break off and spread to other parts of the body.
London hospital allegedly selling livers
LONDON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A major London hospital has allegedly made millions of dollars selling livers to foreigners in need of a transplant, The Mail on Sunday...
Grown skin to reduce animal testing
Australian researchers are growing skin equivalents that reduce the need for animal testing, as skin equivalents used overseas can't be imported.
Injured rare Sumatran rhino rescued in Sabah: wildlife official
A rare Sumatran rhinoceros, whose species is on the brink of extinction, has been rescued injured in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, a wildlife official said over...
Foul Owls Use Feces To Show They Are In Fine Feather
Researchers now provide descriptive and experimental evidence that suggests that owl feces and prey remains could act as previously unrecognized visual signals for eagle owls.
Basics: Life Is Short...
One chameleon species has a life span of about a year, and a life history more like that of a flowering plant than a lizard.
Observatory: Razzle Dazzle Markings Can Confuse Predators
New research suggests that prey with dazzle markings were also difficult to catch, particularly when they moved at higher speeds.