Under a worst-case scenario, half of coral reef ecosystems worldwide will permanently face unsuitable conditions in just over a dozen years, if climate change continues unabated.
Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require, and some algae can make coral more resilient to heat stress.
Learning gains while we sleep originate from the learning process itself and not just from using the brain
Pushed into a new ‘time zone,’ aquatic organism’s clock components reveal surprising roles
A count of the Western Monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers, but there are hopeful signs the beautiful pollinators are adapting to a changing climate and ecology.
Rice U. engineers improve prelithiation, uncover lithium-trapping mechanism
Insights into the chromosomal features of precursor cells to the placenta could benefit reproductive research
EARTH Over the past decades, researchers thought Earth was created over a period of more than 100 million years. However, a new study from UCPH suggests that the creation of Earth was much more rapid, and that water and other essential ingredients for life were delivered to Earth very early on.
Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert plastics to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost effective to reuse plastics.
Sustained-release method works in harmony with the immune system
Semi-automated cars are becoming increasingly common, but real dangers exist when technology fails and drivers don’t intervene.
Delivering vaccines directly to the lungs can boost immune responses to respiratory infections or lung cancer, study finds.
You can take a fish out of toxic water, but its epigenetic mutations will remain for at least two generations.
The idea that stock buybacks are a manipulation by executives to benefit themselves at the expense of shareholders may be true for a small number of firms but not the vast majority, therefore implementing buyback taxes in an attempt to curb such profits are no replacement for broader tax reform, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Study suggests ancient microorganisms helped cause massive volcanic events
MOUTH BACTERIA Bacteria in your mouth can cause diseases in other parts of the body. New research from the Department of Odontology at the University of Copenhagen helps change treatment procedures at Rigshospitalet.
Fire can put a tropical songbird’s sex life on ice.
Washington State University researchers have used granules made from potato waste bacteria to strengthen soil, offering a new alternative to cement additives that are currently used to shore up soils for building and erosion control.
Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source.
Carefully placed no-fishing zones can help to restore tunas and other large, iconic fish species, according to a study published in Science led by two University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.