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Location: Cambridge, United States
For the first time, MIT engineers and colleagues have observed the initiation
of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals
-- in this case, fish.
The work, conducted using a novel imaging technique,...
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Location: Syracuse, United States
The new technology may lead to the development of improved medical implants
This is the tale of two biological substances—cells from mammals and bacteria.
It's a story about the havoc these microscopic entities can wreak on...
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Location: NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., 202-358-0918, United States
A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa. ...
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Location: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Panama
As was done in several tropical regions, a team will use an airborne equipment to study the canopy of the forest of the Shire, in the Puy-de-Dome. Together with other studies, conducted from the ground, this exploration will comprehensively...
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Location: Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory, Uruguay
Scientists have discovered that the magnetic strength of magnetite—the most
abundant magnetic mineral on Earth—declines drastically when put under
pressure. Researchers from the Carnegie...
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Location: University of Southern California, United States
By 2100, warmer oceans with more carbon
dioxide may no longer sustain 1 of the world's most productive fisheries,
says
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Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
MIT researchers have
uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and
humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian
flu strains and...
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Location: University of California, Berkeley, United States
Bioengineers at the University of
California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time
enables the detection of biomolecules' dynamic reactions in a single living
cell.
By...
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Location: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
TU
Delft will demonstrate how improved control techniques can reduce the risk
of aircraft crashes. The demonstration involves reconstructing...
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Location: University Drive and Mill Avenue, Tempe, AZ, United States
The surface of Mars is completely hostile to life as we know it.
Martian deserts are blasted by radiation from the sun and space. The air is so
thin, cold, and dry, if liquid water were present on the surface, it would
freeze and boil at the...
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Location: Texas A&M University, United States
Bats
are the most vocal mammals other than humans, and understanding how they
communicate during their nocturnal outings could lead to better treatments for
human
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Location: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, United States
The NASA-managed
Sea-viewing Wide
Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) instrument settled into orbit around Earth in
1997 and took its first measurements of ocean color. A decade...
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Location: California, United States
Scientists have enlisted the most intrepid of bird watchers in an attempt to prove that a majestic woodpecker, believed extinct for more than 60 years, still exists.
The sentry is sharp-eyed robot that has been mounted to a power line high above...
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