Why does female infidelity occur so frequently throughout the animal kingdom? A 10-year study from the University of East Anglia published today shows that female birds may increase their offspring's survival through their ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2010
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Hormonal contraceptives change the ways captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another both socially and sexually, according to a Duke University study that combined analyses of hormones, genes, scent chemicals and behavior.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2010
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While BP struggles to finally seal the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well, an equally desperate battle has been enjoined on the surface to save endangered sea turtles from meeting an oily grave.
Ecology
Jul 27, 2010
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A recent article in the journal Chaos examines the possibility of using epistasis to predict the outcome of the evolutionary processes, especially when the evolving units are pathogens such as viruses.
General Physics
Jul 27, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of BYU engineers built a super-sensitive antenna for processing signals from deep space. Then they flew to Puerto Rico and installed it at about the same spot where Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean battled ...
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alexander Agrios and his engineering research team are probing ways to make inexpensive solar cells more energy efficient.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 27, 2010
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Babe may be the most famous sensitive pig in the world but new research from Newcastle University suggests he is by no means the only one.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2010
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Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA directly into living cells.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2010
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Fluids experts writing in the journal Physics of Fluids, which is published by the American Institute of Physics, are projecting it will be many decades before we can accurately probe the properties of turbulence near walls. ...
General Physics
Jul 27, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer storms are a regular feature in the North Atlantic, and while most pose little threat to our shores, a choice few become devastating hurricanes.
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2010
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