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…
Rice U.’s one-step catalyst turns nitrates into water…
NSF-funded NEWT Center aims for catalytic converter for nitrate-polluted water [caption id="attachment_14077" align="alignnone" width="640"] Many areas of the United States are at risk of contamination of drinking water by nitrates and nitrites due to overuse…
A manifesto for designing cities
MIT professor’s new book calls for a more pluralistic, democratic vision of the city. [caption id="attachment_14072" align="alignnone" width="639"] Brent D. Ryan, an associate professor of urban design and public policy in MIT’s Department of Urban…
Decades-past logging still threatens spotted owls in national…
[caption id="attachment_14068" align="alignnone" width="775"] While California spotted owls (left, adult; right, juvenile) typically perch and roost in smaller trees like this incense cedar, their nest trees are often several feet in diameter. PHOTO: DANNY HOFSTADTER[/caption]…
Ancient jumping genes may give corals a new…
Jumping genes could make an alga, and its coral host, more tolerant to warming sea temperatures. [caption id="attachment_14062" align="alignnone" width="630"] Symbiodinium microadraticum is a unicellular alga that provides its coral host with photosynthetic products in…