CO2 For more than 30 years, researchers throughout the world have assumed that the emergence of forests on the planet reduced the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. But this is not the case, a new study concludes. The insight it provides can help us understand how we can counter present-day climate change.
An intense but short-term exposure to cannabis vapor lowered sperm counts and slowed sperm movement, or motility, not only in the directly exposed male mice but also in their sons.
Underwater cameras have provided insight into the feeding habits of nurse sharks, which reveal their flexibility and skills during feeding activirties. According to a release by the University of Exeter which conducted the study with NGO Beneath the Waves, baited remote underwater video (BRUV) cameras were used off the Turks and Caicos Islands, and found the sharks with habits including vertical feeding, ventral feeding and pectoral positioning.
In a 2022 study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, researchers, including Dr. Janet Geipel from the University of Exeter Business School, found that the way information is presented, either spoken or written, affects how people think.
As the world grapples with the challenges of biodiversity loss and deforestation, this research offers a fresh perspective on the potential for conservation and sustainable land-use practices in logged tropical forests.
A recent study that was conducted by Alexe Bilodeau-Houle through her master's degree at Université de Montréal has found that children with less secure attachment relationship and high physiological concordance with their parents are more likely to be fearful. According to a press release, the study was published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology in February, and showed factors that influence observational fear learning in children.
Geneticists from the University of Exeter and Brunel University London have revealed why some people with obesity remain relatively healthy, whilst others suffer from life-changing ailments such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
More than 70 million tons of carbon were prevented from being released into the atmosphere under a deforestation emissions reduction scheme in Indonesia – but researchers point out this is only 3 per cent of the total required by Indonesia’s Nationally Defined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.
Zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals, new research suggests.
There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about how the landscape is managed if the UK is to reach climate targets such as net zero, a new report warns.
As cell biologists, Université de Montréal professor Greg FitzHarris and his PhD student Lia Paim are very interested in fertility and what happens inside the eggs and embryos of the mice they study in their lab.
A research team led by Dr. Prévost Jantchou, clinician and researcher at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, focused on the rate of Crohn’s disease relapse, as well as factors associated with relapse, in children over the past decade.
New technique speeds up calculations of drug molecules’ binding affinity to proteins.
The 21-digit solution to the decades-old problem suggests many more solutions exist.
Fungi, specifically those that are “mycorrhizal,” are natural allies of the forest because they improve tree nutrient acquisition.
Oocyte growth relies on physical phenomena that drive smaller cells to dump their contents into a larger cell.
C. elegans compares the ratio of wavelengths in its environment to avoid dangerous bacteria that secrete colorful toxins.
The gene variant disrupts lipid metabolism, but in cell experiments the effects were reversed by choline supplements.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of synthetic organic chemicals that do not occur naturally in the environment.
A strategy for preventing boron-containing compounds from breaking down could help medicinal chemists design new drugs.