A new fabric-based touch sensor used machine learning to control mobile apps, video games and other devices while integrated into clothing.
Honey bees experience multiple health stressors out-in-the-field
It's not a single pesticide or virus stressing honey bees, and affecting their health, but exposure to a complex web of multiple interacting stressors encountered while at work pollinating crops, found new research. Scientists have been unable to explain increasing colony mortality, even after decades of research examining the role...
Probiotic feed additive boosts growth, health in poultry in place of antibiotics
The growing need for antibiotic-free products has challenged producers to decrease or completely stop using antimicrobials as feed supplements in the diet of broiler chickens to improve feed efficiency, growth rate and intestinal health. A research team conducted a study of natural feed additives that are promising alternatives to substitute...
Coal Train Pollution Increases Health Risks and Disparities
Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and death for residents living nearest the rail lines, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis.
Clearing the Air: Wind Farms More Land Efficient Than Previously Thought
Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable.
Marine Microbial Populations: Potential Sensors of the Global Change in the Ocean
Animal and plant populations have been extensively studied, which has helped to understand ecosystem processes and evolutionary adaptations.
Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt Asteroids
Like boulders, rocks, and pebbles scattered across a landscape, asteroids come in a wide range of sizes.
Can Bismuth Prevent Oil Leaks – (And Save Norwegians Billions)?
Companies can’t simply walk away from old oil and gas wells.
Paleontologists unearth what may be the largest known marine reptile
The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, UK.
First evidence of human occupation in lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia
New research has highlighted an area in Arabia that once acted as a key point for cultural exchanges and trades amongst ancient people -- and it all took place in vast caves and lava tubes that have remained largely untapped reservoirs of archaeological abundance in Arabia. Through meticulous excavation and...