1+ week, 2+ day ago   (132+ words) Sensory ecologist Ralph Simon proposed the SELFCURE project to investigate whether bats self-medicate and if their behaviors change when they’re sick or recovering from illness. Together with Dan Becker, and Rachel Page applied to and were awarded a grant from…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (90+ words) Studies reveal that Mercury had a graphite crust because its carbon did not migrate into the core, which owes its low density to silicon and sulphur image: The young planet was characterised by a global magma ocean and a liquid…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (886+ words) image: A stony meteorite in NASA Ames Research Center's Arcjet Interaction Heating Facility. A thin black line outlines the holder that supports the stone (left). Air flow is from left to right. Melt flows from the meteorite surface and a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (669+ words) Credit: Simon Fraser University Sometimes science throws up the unexpected. When a team of researchers set out to model river erosion in Canada’s High Arctic, they did not expect the findings to defy common sense. “We literally expected to see…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (52+ words) (IMAGE) eurekalert.org Taking hydrochemical measurements of a glacial river on Svalbard Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release New study raises concerns about climate feedback loop as melting Arctic glaciers flush ancient methane from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) Bielefeld team explains why microcline is so effective image: Dr Florian Schneider (left) and Prof Dr Angelika Kühnle (right) from Bielefeld University use the atomic force microscope to investigate ice crystal formation on microcline surfaces. view more Key facts at…...

3+ day, 14+ min ago   (202+ words) A comprehensive review maps how drought, flooding, and wildfire alter carbon inputs, microbial processes, and sequestration in soils image: Impacts of climate change-induced extreme weather events on carbon dynamics in soil view more Credit: Nanthi Bolan, Aimé Jean Messiga, Shailja…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1308+ words) Kansas State University's CoSearch workshop brings researchers from diverse fields together to develop innovative solutions to complex water problems. image: Elizabeth Sorensen Montoya, assistant professor in Kansas State University's Department of Agricultural Economics, maps out concepts as Team HydroCats develops…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (83+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Close-up of simulated sand with “dolosse”-shaped grains. This grain shape is inspired by the wave-dissipating concrete blocks with the same name used in coastal management. The grains slide over one another with only slightly more friction than…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (333+ words) National Science Foundation grant to investigate the chemistry of ancient waters preserved in sedimentary rocks...these rocks, fundamental questions about water chemistry during their deposition remain unanswered. This...