6+ hour, 8+ min ago   (326+ words) newswise.com Seasonal controls shape nitrogen removal in forest rivers PLS-PM demonstrates the impacts of geographic and micro-environmental factors on the denitrification and anammox rates in (a)–(d) summer, and (e)–(h) winter. Rivers act as natural filters by converting reactive…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (675+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio – Within every muscle of every living species with a backbone, a protein called myosin tugs on a partner protein to generate a muscle contraction. This function, discovered in mammals a century ago, has been presumed by scientists to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (538+ words) Newswise — It was a journey to the center of the Earth, if only for the briefest of moments. “We study iron because it is a primary constituent of Earth’s and other terrestrial planet cores, and how it functions under inner-core…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (503+ words) Modeled global temperature changes in degrees Fahrenheit from the combined effects of metamorphic carbon and sulfur emissions over several millennia. Red shading indicates net warming and blue shading net cooling. The garnet dashed line indicates the warming that would result…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (474+ words) Scientists aboard the research vessel during the International Ocean Discovery Expedition 383 collected seafloor data that helped University of Delaware researchers uncover what drove a major shift in Earth’s glacial cycle roughly 1 million years ago. Newswise — A new University of Delaware…...

2+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (658+ words) Lake Sélingué, a multipurpose artificial reservoir located primarily in Mali, is one of three rivers studied for transitions between rivers and lakes with SWOT. Newswise — Scientists have long understood that rivers and lakes influence one another, but actually observing where…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (283+ words) A recent study by Ruibao Li and Jennah Dharamshi published in Nature may help us understand the beginnings of animal evolution billions of years ago. These findings are the result of a collaboration between researchers at Indiana University Bloomington, the…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1565+ words) AMES, Iowa – The geologists spoke in apocalyptic terms about Iowa’s distant past: “A rift developed deep in the Earth, magma came up and tried to split the continent apart,” said Elizabeth Swanner, a professor of Earth, atmosphere and climate at…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (597+ words) Fish that split their lives between fresh and salt water often face obstacles getting back and forth. Dams and roads fracture river networks and interfere with traditional migratory routes, sparking concerns about fish health and abundance, as well as biodiversity…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (487+ words) Map and seismograms of the Sept. 10, 2025 Maeser earthquake in Utah's Uinta Basin. Newswise — Nearly 50 years ago, a puzzling earthquake beneath northern Utah jolted scientists’ understanding of how Earth works. Now, research from the University of Utah confirms that the mysterious…...