A waddle of penguins queue in an orderly fashion as they leap through the air hopping from one ice floe to another. Photo: VCG The evolution of penguins from their flying seabird ancestors into the … [+4161 chars]
Newswise — In recent years, a large number of exoplanets have been found around single ‘normal’ stars. New research shows that there may be exceptions to this trend. Researchers from The Autonomous U… [+2444 chars]
In a bid to solve our climate woes, a team of researchers from Simon Fraser University is working with the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to investigate the role carbon… [+4028 chars]
Over the course of many thousands of years, humans turned rye into a cultivated plant. In doing so, they have considerably limited its genetic flexibility. Today, wild rye not only has a more diverse… [+4024 chars]
In recent years, a large number of exoplanets have been found around single 'normal' stars. New research shows that there may be exceptions to this trend. Researchers from The Autonomous University o… [+2433 chars]
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According to the scientists of a new 166-year case study of an Alaskan glacier that has been rapidly advancing and retreating, a cool pocket climate near a glacier’s snout may be able to help scienti… [+4890 chars]
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy as heat, in a process known as thermogenesis. Activation or expansion of BAT have emerged as attractive anti-obesity strategies, but approaches so far hav… [+417 chars]
Plants face constant attack by diseases, insect swarms, and fungi, resulting in crop losses that threaten global food security. Discovering new ways to help the plant defend itself against attack is … [+2659 chars]
Groundwater at depths of several hundred meters or more can be hundreds of millions of years old and are often thought of stagnant and isolated from the atmosphere and the water cyclea reason these s… [+4447 chars]
Illustration of the Solar System viewed from beyond Neptune, with all eight planets visible around ... [+] the Sun, created on April 14, 2016. (Illustration by Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Ge… [+1650 chars]
Newswise — LAWRENCE — Does the Philippines’ astonishing biodiversity result in part from rising and falling seas during the ice ages? Scientists have long thought the unique geography of the Philipp… [+7996 chars]
