biology
Popular pesticide hurts wild bees in major field study
Posted in Science on 24th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Pesticide problems are just one of many problems facing pollinators; this is separate from colony collapse disorder, which has devastated honeybee populations.
NASA assembles unprecedented scientific team to find out if we are all alone
Posted in Science on 22nd Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
NASA wants to find life outside the solar system and are launching an interdisciplinary effort to search for extraterrestrial life.
Ultra-high-res nondestructive 3D imaging of cells with ultrasound
Posted in Science on 21st Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
A team of researchers reports the first known nondestructive 3D scan of a single biological cell using a form of 'picosecond' ultrasound.
On the brink of a mass extinction?
Posted in Featured, Science on 17th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
The world's animal and plant species are going extinct at a rate 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than they did before humans came along.
CRISPR Patent Fight Now a Winner-Take-All Match
Posted in Science on 17th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Lab notebooks could determine who was first to invent a revolutionary gene-editing technology.