Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, study shows

Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, study shows
Increasing agricultural productivity usually depends on adding something, such as fertilizer or water. Now, a Stanford University-led study reveals that removing one thing in particular -- a common air pollutant -- could lead to dramatic gains in…

Published June 29, 2022 at 02:11PM
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Models predict that planned phosphorus reductions will make Lake Erie more toxic

Models predict that planned phosphorus reductions will make Lake Erie more toxic
Reducing levels of the nutrient phosphorus to control harmful algal blooms in places such as Lake Erie is advantageous to toxic cyanobacteria strains, which can lead to an increase in toxins in the water, according to a new modeling study. U.S…

Published June 29, 2022 at 02:14PM
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Genetics breakthrough in sea urchins aids biomedical research

Genetics breakthrough in sea urchins aids biomedical research
Marine biologists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have created a line of sea urchins whose genetic makeup is fully mapped and can be edited to study human disease genes. The creation of these new research model organisms will accelerate…

Published June 28, 2022 at 06:36PM
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Genetic, environmental factors contribute to how socioeconomic status impacts the brain

Genetic, environmental factors contribute to how socioeconomic status impacts the brain
A study in Science Advances has revealed correlations among socioeconomics, genetics, environmental factors and brain structure. Socioeconomic status is typically defined by characteristics such as an individual's income, education and occupation…

Published June 28, 2022 at 06:00PM
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NSF Research Traineeship program expands to include 43 states

NSF Research Traineeship program expands to include 43 states
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced 22 new awards through its NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program. The $58 million investment, including $6.9 million of support from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, expands the program to comprise…

Published June 27, 2022 at 03:21PM
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Mastodon tusk chemical analysis reveals first evidence of one extinct animal's annual migration

Mastodon tusk chemical analysis reveals first evidence of one extinct animal's annual migration
Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating season battle with a rival in what is now northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory, according to the first study to document the annual migration of an…

Published June 27, 2022 at 01:56PM
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Bizarre meat-eating dinosaur joins rogues' gallery of giant predators from Sahara Desert

Bizarre meat-eating dinosaur joins rogues' gallery of giant predators from Sahara Desert
U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers at Ohio University and other institutions have discovered a new kind of large-bodied meat-eating dinosaur, or theropod, from a celebrated fossil site in Egypt’s Sahara Desert. The fossil of a still…

Published June 27, 2022 at 01:52PM
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