NewsEcology (May 18, 2012) Scanning the globe from the vantage point of the International Space Station is about more than the fantastic view. While cruising in low Earth orbit, the space station HIC...
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Earth Science
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- Ancient history of circumarctic peoples illuminated
- Chocolate and diamonds: Why volcanoes could be 'a girl's best friend'
- NASA survey counts potentially hazardous asteroids
- Sumatra faces yet another risk: Major volcanic eruptions
- Meteorite discovery spurs hunt for more pieces
- Mojave Desert tests prepare for NASA Mars roving
- Push from Mississippi kept Deepwater Horizon oil slick off shore
- Greater insight into earthquake cycles
- NASA spacecraft detects changes in Martian sand dunes
Environmental Issues
New advice on medication disposal: Trash beats take-back, new study suggests
NewsEcology (May 16, 2012) Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a University of Michigan study that...
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- Dip chip technology tests toxicity on the go
- Nanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup
- Optimal planning of solar power plants
- Refugees from the Ice Age: How was Europe repopulated?
- Death risks higher for heart attack survivors living near major roadways
- Heart attack survivors living close to highways face higher 10-year death risk
- First 'microsubmarines' designed to help clean up oil spills
- Mining for heat: Abandoned mine tunnels might ferry geothermal energy from deep underground
- Environment key to preventing childhood disabilities
Environmental Science
New look at prolonged radiation exposure: At low dose-rate, radiation poses little risk to DNA, study suggests
NewsEcology (May 15, 2012) A new study from MIT scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative.
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- Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow
- Scientists generate electricity from viruses
- Katrina changed everything: New software predicts how water will spread
- Structure of printable electronics revealed
- In environmental disasters, families respond with conflict, denial, silence
- Electronics: Low-temperature method could 'grow' transparent zinc oxide films for displays and solar cells
- Consumerism and its antisocial effects can be turned on -- or off
- Initial stages by which giant gypsum crystals form
- Incisive research links teeth with diet
Natural Disasters
Canary Islands: The base of the Teide was formed in just 40,000 years
NewsEcology (Apr. 13, 2012) A European research team, led by a Spanish scientist, shows for the first time how the Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano on the Canary Islands was formed and how long it took...
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- Tsunami risk reduction in the age of Twitter
- Tohoku grim reminder of potential for Pacific Northwest North American megaquake
- 'Invisibility' cloak could protect buildings from earthquakes
- Human cognitive performance suffers following natural disasters
- Seismic resistance: Model analyzes shape-memory alloys for use in earthquake-resistant structures
- Hurricane Katrina survivors struggle with mental health years later
- Smart way of saving lives in natural disasters
- Ten years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, human health cost is still being counted
- Stress in early pregnancy can lead to shorter pregnancies and fewer baby boys
Agriculture & Food
New method detects traces of veterinary drugs in baby food
NewsEcology (May 18, 2012) The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues of drugs given to livestock were found. Researchers from the University of Almeria (...
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- When you eat matters, not just what you eat
- Extended daily fasting overrides harmful effects of a high-fat diet: Study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity and diabetes
- Microscope looks into cells of living fish
- Plant growth without light control
- Bats: A good immune system ensures success in reproduction
- Biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae
- You are what you eat: Why do male consumers avoid vegetarian options?
- Listening to chickens could improve poultry production
- Tiny plants could cut costs, shrink environmental footprint
Animals
Hitting snooze on the molecular clock: Rabies evolves slower in hibernating bats
NewsEcology (May 18, 2012) The rate at which the rabies virus evolves in bats may depend heavily upon the ecological traits of its hosts, according to researchers at the University of Georgia, the U....
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- Intricate, often invisible land-sea ecological chains of life threatened with extinction around the world
- Bioinformatics: We can learn a lot from other species
- New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code
- Ancient giant turtle fossil was size of Smart car
- Health experts narrow the hunt for Ebola
- Let's get moving: Unraveling how locomotion starts
- Revealing the stars of brain adaptability
- Colorful butterflies increase their odds of survival by sharing traits
- Genome research reveals key behind one butterfly’s ability to mimic another
Ecology
Forest diversity from Canada to the sub-tropics influenced by family proximity
NewsEcology (May 17, 2012) How species diversity is maintained is a fundamental question in biology. In a new study, a team of Indiana University biologists has shown for the first time that diversit...
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- Pollination with precision: How flowers do it
- Common fungicide wreaks havoc on freshwater ecosystems
- Maps of miscanthus genome offer insight into grass evolution
- Sulfur finding may hold key to Gaia theory of Earth as living organism
- Time, place and how wood is used are factors in carbon emissions from deforestation
- Living longer: Variability in infection-fighting genes can be a boon for male survival
- First forecast calls for mild Amazon fire season in 2012
- Protein analysis investigates marine worm community
- Is a new form of life really so alien?
Life Sciences
New key mechanism in cell division discovered
NewsEcology (May 18, 2012) Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have identified the mechanism by which protein Zds1 regulates a key function in mitosis, the process ...
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- A cell's first steps: Building a model to explain how cells grow
- A crowning success for crayfish
- Measuring transient X-rays with lobster eyes
- New exception to a decades-old rule about RNA splicing uncovered
- Slew of rare DNA changes following population explosion may hold clues to common diseases
- RNA modification influences thousands of genes: Revolutionizes understanding of gene expression
- Fighting bacteria’s strength in numbers
- Make or break for cellular tissues
- Human genes transplanted into zebrafish: Helps identify genes related to autism, schizophrenia and obesity
Microbes and More
Probiotics can reduce risk of diarrhea caused by antibiotics, study finds
NewsEcology (May 8, 2012) A new RAND Corporation study finds that taking probiotics can reduce the risk of developing the diarrhea that is a common side effect of taking antibiotics.
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- Antimicrobial resistance for common urinary tract infection drug increases five fold since 2000
- Rapid test strips detect bacterial contamination in swimming water
- Bacteria beware: Researchers have a natural sidekick that may resolve the antibiotic-resistant bacteria dilemma
- Sunlight plus lime juice makes drinking water safer
- Asteroid craters on Earth give clues in search for life on Mars
- Tiny electrical sensors could signal faster MRSA diagnosis
- 'Resuscitating' antibiotics to overcome drug resistance
- Popcorn-shaped gold particles gang up on salmonella
- Antibiotic resistance genes accumulating in Lake Geneva
Severe Weather
Low-cost instrument developed by high school students could aid severe weather research
NewsEcology (Feb. 7, 2012) On a recent blustery afternoon, scientists gathered on a rooftop at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to observe two atmospheric electric field-mill devices monito...
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- Tropical cyclones to cause greater damage, researchers predict
- Gaming technology for calculating floods
- Lightning strikes, in the form of bits and bytes
- NASA catches three tropical cyclones at one time
- Twin ARTEMIS probes to study moon in 3-D
- One-third of central Catalan coast is very vulnerable to storm impact
- Bigger than football: Study shows sports can help communities recover from disaster
- Can river sediment be used to repair the coast?
- Massive tornado onslaught raises questions about building practices, code enforcement