Research and Discoveries

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (434+ words) Just as humans head indoors for warmth in the winter and shade in the summer, tree-dwelling animals use the arboreal equivalent of caves for refuge from temperature extremes. “Everywhere we looked, trees were great for buffering outside air temperature extremes,…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (402+ words) June to August 2026 was the warmest US summer in 132 years of records, while Climate Central counts 293 million Americans in 30-plus days of risky heat. The meteorological summer of June to August 2026 was the warmest in 132 years of records for the…...

18+ hour, 58+ min ago   (911+ words) Your trees looked full and green just a season ago, and now the leaves are curling, spots are showing up, and branches seem weaker than before. You water them and watch them closely, but nothing seems to change, and that…...

21+ hour, 46+ min ago   (313+ words) Musholm has set new targets to reduce the environmental impact of its trout production and feed supply chain, supported by BioMar’s Blue IMPACT program. Musholm aims to reduce the use of marine raw materials derived from blue whiting by 52.94% by…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (71+ words) EurekAlert! Submit a Manuscript to the Journal For an Article Collection on Mycology-An International Journal on Fungal Biology News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. More on…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (719+ words) Global GNSS measurements show that Earth’s solid surface changed systematically between 1997 and 2015, with vertical motion at high and low latitudes producing a measurable shift in its global geometry. Polar uplift increased from about 0.5 mm/yr (0.02 inches/yr) in the late…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago   (253+ words) Study Reveals Chimpanzees Actively Teach Tool Use to Young, Aiding Food Acquisition Skills A study has revealed that chimpanzees demonstrate teaching behaviors by handing tools to their young and directly demonstrating how to use them. This follows Jane Goodall’s 1960 discovery…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (442+ words) The other week, I discussed a Nature editorial advocating that scientists be required to “register” with the state. That policy, if enacted, would be a step toward establishing a technocratic rule-by-experts system by controlling what would be acceptable scientific discourse…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (592+ words) “I’m always looking to get the word out about how the scientific community can reduce conflict and build trust with the wider public, and these publications are a great way to do that,” said Barnes about the work she squeezes…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (245+ words) New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS): Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh on Tuesday inaugurated the "SpeedSeed Phenotyping and Resource Optimization for Unified Trait Analysis" (SPROUT) facility here, to advance development of climate-resilient crops. With…...