(Newswise)–In 1870, explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, trekking across the barren and remote ice cap of Greenland, saw something most people wouldn’t expect in such an empty, inhospitable landscape: haze. Nordenskiöld’s […]
Worldwide Importance Of Honey Bees For Natural Habitats Captured In New Report
(Newswise)–An unprecedented study integrating data from around the globe has shown that honey bees are the world’s most important single species of pollinator in natural ecosystems and a key contributor […]
Engineers Program Tiny Robots To Move, Think Like Insects
Ithaca, NY–(Newswise)–While engineers have had success building tiny, insect-like robots, programming them to behave autonomously like real insects continues to present technical challenges. A group of Cornell University engineers has […]
Researchers Capture Oldest Ice Core Ever Drilled Outside The Polar Regions
NEW ORLEANS–(Newswise)–The oldest ice core ever drilled outside the polar regions may contain ice that formed during the Stone Age—more than 600,000 years ago, long before modern humans appeared. Researchers […]
Salt Pond In Antarctica, Among The Saltiest Waters On Earth, Is Fed From Beneath
(Newswise)–At the base of the Transantarctic Mountains lies a geological oddity. Don Juan Pond is one of the saltiest bodies of water on the planet, filled with a dense, syrupy […]
Wearable Computing Ring Allows Users To Write Words And Numbers With Thumb
(Newswise)–With the whirl of a thumb, Georgia Tech researchers have created technology that allows people to trace letters and numbers on their fingers and see the figures appear on a […]
If Termites Eat Bait For One Day, They Die Within 90
Gainesville, FL–(Newswise)–Termites that feed on a well-known bait for one day are eventually doomed, which is good news for those who want to protect their property from the destructive pest, […]
Hubble Sees Nearby Asteroids Photobombing Distant Galaxies
(Newswise)–Like rude relatives who jump in front your vacation snapshots of landscapes, some of our solar system’s asteroids have photobombed deep images of the universe taken by NASA’s Hubble Space […]
Aitape Skull Likely Belongs To World’s Oldest Tsunami Victim
(Newswise)–In 1929, Australian geologist Paul Hossfeld stumbled upon a partial human skull in a mangrove outside the coastal town of Aitape in Papua New Guinea. Originally thought to belong to […]
Examining The Lifestyles Of Microbes
(Newswise)–Microbes are everywhere — in humans they protect us from harmful bacteria and help us digest food; in soils, they provide nutrients and encourage growth of plants. Microbes even live […]