Bees form scent-driven phone tree to pass along messages
Think of it as a testament to a honeybee's love for its queen: Bees build what looks like a telecommunications network to pass messages,...
Scientists improve a photosynthetic enzyme by adding fluorophores
To realize the full potential of solar energy, scientists must find efficient ways of converting light energy into chemical energy. Scientists have developed a...
Changes in Antarctic marine ecosystems
Understanding the evolution of the polar sea ice is not enough to study the effects of the climate change on marine ecosystems in Antarctic...
With drop in LA’s vehicular aerosol pollution, vegetation emerges as major source
Organic aerosol pollutants have decreased in the Los Angeles area due to strict vehicle emissions controls, but aerosol levels still rise in hot weather...
New technology allows researchers to image wetland soil activity in real time
Researchers to create a new camera allowing for the imaging of wetland soil activity in real time. This camera gives the classic IRIS (indicator...
Corals may need their predators’ excrement
Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with feces. Marine biologists found high concentrations of living symbiotic algae in the feces of...
The same sea level for everyone
Maps generally indicate elevation in meters above sea level. But sea level is not the same everywhere. A group of experts has developed an...
Last Ice Age: Precipitation caused maximum advance of Alpine Glaciers
Geologists unexpectedly found mineral deposits in former ice caves in the Austrian Alps dating back to the peak of the last ice age. These...
Cephalopods: Older than was thought?
Earth scientists have discovered possibly the oldest cephalopods in Earth's history. The 522 million-year-old fossils from Newfoundland (Canada) could turn out to be the...
Researchers show where and how plants detect the nutrient potassium
A research team has now shown for the first time where and how potassium is sensed in the root and which signalling pathways coordinate...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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