Category: Science

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Following his success eradicating a major source of malaria, technology created by a University of South Florida public health researcher is being implemented by insect control...

Avian influenza viruses often emerge on high-density poultry farms. However, they can be deadly in wild bird populations and can even infect humans.With recent outbreaks identified in Canada and the...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption on Jan. 15, 2022, caused many effects, some illustrated here, that were felt around the world and even into space. Some of those effects, like...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fruit flies continue to mate with each other even when infected with deadly pathogens—reveals a study by researchers at the University of Birmingham. According to results...

An artist's rendition of a Haast's eagle attacking moa. Credit: John Megahan - Ancient DNA Tells Story of Giant Eagle Evolution. PLoS Biol 3(1): e20. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030020.g001 Ancient moa DNA has...

Water contact angle measurements of graphene give information about macroscopic wettability. On the other hand, the VSFG experiment can provide information about the microscopic structure of interfacial water and the...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash towards the middle of the Sun – on Tuesday, May 10, 2022....

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed the strongest evidence to date that all bison in North America carry multiple small, but...

Scientists estimate that there are hundreds of millions of possible chemical variants, or analogs, of fentanyl. PNNL scientists are tracking measurements of the forms already developed and predicting data for...

Graphic shows the bilayer structure of a living cell membrane, composed of phospholipid. A phospholipid consists of a hydrophilic or water-loving head and hydrophobic or water-fearing tail. The hydrophobic tails...