(Newswise)–A study of woodland ecosystems that provide habitat for rare and endangered species along streams and rivers throughout California reveals that some of these ecologically important areas are inadvertently benefitting […]
Rare 4000-year comets can cause meteor showers on Earth
(Newswise)–Comets that circle the Sun in very elongated orbits spread their debris so thin along their orbit or eject it out of the solar system altogether that their meteor showers […]
First-of-its-kind flower smells like dead insects to imprison ‘coffin flies’
(Newswise)–The plant Aristolochia microstoma uses a unique trick: its flowers emit a fetid-musty scent that seems to mimic the smell of decomposing insects. Flies from the genus Megaselia (family Phoridae) likely get attracted to […]
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter succeeds in the historic first flight
Pasadena, CA–NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in […]
Argonne scientists track community spread of COVID-19 in wastewater
(Newswise)–Wastewater provides a clue to virus transmission. In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, finding ways to improve testing has been key to addressing the spread of disease. While much effort has focused on […]
I See You: Honey bees use contagious and honest visual signal to deter attacking hornets
(Newswise)–An Asian hornet sets its sights on a busy honey beehive. If all goes according to plan, the hornet’s attack will result in a haul of bee larvae, precious nourishment […]
Researchers reveal switch used in plant defense against animal attack
(Newswise)–For decades, scientists have known that plants protect themselves from the devastation of hungry caterpillars and other plant-munching animals through sophisticated response systems, the product of millions of years of […]
Buzz kill: Ogre-faced spiders ‘hear’ airborne prey with their legs
(Newswise)–In the dark of night, ogre-faced spiders with dominating big eyes dangle from a silk frame to cast a web and capture their ground prey. But these spiders also can […]
A new idea on how Earth’s outer shell first broke into tectonic plates
(Newswise)–The activity of the solid Earth – for example, volcanoes in Java, earthquakes in Japan, etc.- is well understood within the context of the ~50-year-old theory of plate tectonics. This […]
Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick’s gene expression to spread to new hosts
(Newswise)–For the first time, scientists have shown that the bacterium that causes the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis interferes with tick gene expression for its survival inside cells and to spread to […]
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