Fish that display dominant traits are more at risk of consuming microplastic pollution than others in their social group, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Proceedings…
Ants: master manipulators for biodiversity, or sweet treats
Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack. [caption id="attachment_14333" align="alignnone" width="953"] The top three aphids…
Cities of the future may be built with…
Study finds adding volcanic ash reduces the overall energy required to manufacture concrete. [caption id="attachment_14330" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT engineers working with scientists in Kuwait have found that volcanic rocks, when pulverized into a fine ash,…
Kubik on Space Station
[caption id="attachment_14325" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: NASA[/caption] A miniaturised laboratory inside the orbital laboratory that is ESA’s Columbus module, this 40 cm cube has been one of its quiet scientific triumphs. Kubik – from the Russian…
Bio-renewable process could help ‘green’ plastic
[caption id="attachment_14316" align="alignnone" width="628"] A crystal of furandicarboxylic acid, or FDCA, a plastic precursor created with biomass instead of petroleum. IMAGE BY ALI HUSSAIN MOTAGAMWALA AND JAMES RUNDE[/caption] When John Wesley Hyatt patented the first…