Examining how bryophytes adapt without gibberellin
When life gets tough, nature usually finds a way to help the little guys......»»
Russia might send up rescue ship for ISS crew
Russia is examining the flight worthiness of a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the ISS that sprang a leak last week, and might need to send up a rescue vessel for stranded crew, officials said Thursday......»»
Study reveals the true value of elephants
New research examining the services and benefits of elephants has revealed many values are often overlooked when deciding how they should be protected......»»
Coffee, child labor, and education: Examining a triple social–ecological trade-off in an Afromontane forest landscape
The work with forest preservation in southwestern Ethiopia, where smallholder coffee farmers play an important part, is essential for global sustainability. But there are also negative consequence to the synergy between smallholder cash crop producti.....»»
Marine animals able to cope with ocean acidification through epigenetic changes
International research co-authored by scientists at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) found that a major type of marine species can adapt to ocean acidification. Considered a major breakthrough in marine biology research, the findings wer.....»»
Examining the theories that guide the rational design of electrocatalysts
Electrocatalysis plays a crucial role in many clean energy conversion technologies, and it is able to couple with renewable energy generation systems such as photovoltaic, wind turbines and hydropower to solve future global energy problems and climat.....»»
Finding faults and examining stresses following Japan"s giant 2011 earthquake
The great 2011 earthquake that caused the tsunami in northeastern Japan is still remembered for its destructive power......»»
Examining Smilodon"s saber teeth
A team of researchers led by Narimane Chatar, a doctoral student at the EDDyLab of the University of Liège (Belgium), has tested the biting efficiency of Smilodon, an extinct genus of carnivore close to the extant felines. Using high-precision 3D sc.....»»
Examining the three dimensions of a flower
To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Université de Montréal, the Montreal Botanical Garden and McGill University have succeeded in using photogrammetry to quickly and precisely build, in three dimensions, a.....»»
Deal with sophisticated bot attacks: Learn, adapt, improve
A computer program known as a “bot” acts as an agent for a user or another program or mimics human action. Bots are typically used to automate particular tasks so they can be used without specific human instructions. In this Help Net Secu.....»»
Examining the promotion of Arabidopsis immune responses by a rhizosphere fungus
Plants can form diverse intimate relationships with beneficial mycorrhizal, endophytic and or rhizosphere fungi for nutrient trades. It is now known that plants can transfer carbon sources like fatty acids to fungi while the fungi mediate the supply.....»»
Ground telescopes can adapt to satellite megaconstellations if they get accurate telemetry data
The growing population of communication satellites such as Starlink and OneWeb is posing challenges for Earth-based astronomy facilities. Since such constellations will not be going away soon, astronomers want to find ways to work around the issue......»»
Researchers adapt a Nobel Prize-winning method to design new, ultra-powerful X-ray systems
If scientists want to push the boundaries of, say, an X-ray laser, they may need to create some new technology. But occasionally there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, scientists simply come up with a new way to use it......»»
The Mystery of Alaska’s Disappearing Whales
Belugas pass cultural knowledge across generations. Their survival may depend on how they collectively adapt......»»
Examining the limits of nonlocal wide-field-of-view metalenses
Metalenses, compact lenses made with metasurfaces, have the potential to enable thinner, lighter, cheaper, and better imaging systems for a wide range of applications where miniaturization is critical (e.g., for mobile devices, medical imaging, and a.....»»
Plants can adapt their lignin using "chemically encoding" enzymes to face climate change, study finds
A new study shows how plants "encode" specific chemistries of their lignin to grow tall amid climate changes: Each plant cell uses different combinations of the enzymes LACCASEs to create specific lignin chemistries. These results can be used both in.....»»
Finding genes to help fruit adapt to droughts
As climate change is expected to lead to more frequent periods of drought, researchers are increasingly working to make discoveries that can help plants adapt to prolonged water stress......»»
Q&A: How Islam and Buddhism can help prisoners
As religious diversity grows in Quebec, the province's prisons are having to adapt to inmates' diverse religious needs. Some inmates turn to alternative faiths such as Islam or Buddhism. Why do they do this? What do they get out of it?.....»»
Examining the pandemic"s impact on individual generosity
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect people's volunteering, donating, and helping behaviors? A report by Penn's School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2) faculty and students summarizes a nationally representative study aiming to answer this questio.....»»
Study: Cognitive flexibility enhances mathematical reasoning
At school or in everyday life, proportional reasoning is essential for many activities. This type of reasoning allows us to adapt the quantity of ingredients in a recipe or to calculate the distance traveled as a function of speed by relying on ratio.....»»
Refugees who set up businesses enrich NZ financially, culturally and socially
With Immigration New Zealand currently examining both the Migrant Settlement Integration Strategy and Refugee Resettlement Strategy, it's the right time to consider the role small business support can play in helping refugees integrate into our socie.....»»