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Fueling Ethanol Production While Protecting Water Quality
Grain-based ethanol production has increased dramatically in recent years as the cost and instability of oil has increased. New U.S. government policies require major increases in ethanol production. While future plans call for a viable cellulosic ethanol industry, expanded grain ethanol production... view more (2008-04-02)

Sweet potato promise shines for small enterprise and hunger relief in developing countries
Sweetpotatoes, often misunderstood and underrated, are receiving new attention as a life-saving food crop in developing countries.   view more (2007-11-05)

Sleep deprivation can lead to smoking, drinking
Sleep loss or disturbed sleep can heighten the risk for adolescents to take up smoking and drinking, two habits that may prove to be detrimental to their health.   view more (2007-06-12)

Probiotic bacteria at weaning may help alleviate allergy in infants
“Friendly” bacteria (probiotics) given to babies during weaning may help alleviate the symptoms of eczema, suggests research in Gut.   view more (2002-06-20)

Crossing paths in plants
On Monday 31 March ecologists will meet with molecular biologists at the University of Southampton for the most novel and broad-ranging scientific session of its kind. They will present findings in Session C5/P3 which show that the biochemical pathways which influence a plant's response to stimuli... view more (2003-03-26)

Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean
Scientists towing an underwater digital microscope across the Atlantic have found possible missing links to the global nitrogen cycle, which in turn is linked to ocean productivity.   view more (2006-06-27)

Groundbreaking Canada-US study proves link between emissions and mercury pollution in fish
A groundbreaking environmental study to be published in a prestigious American science journal proves that mercury atmospheric emissions will end up in fish in as little as three years.   view more (2007-09-18)

European Commission's Directorate General, Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) announces the creation of an Observatory for Environment and Sustainable Development for Africa
In close co-operation with the Directorates General for External Relations, Development and the EuropAid and Co-operation Office, the European Commission's Directorate General, Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) is contributing to European Union initiatives in Africa by developing a dedicated... view more (2005-02-16)

Scientists find how amber becomes death trap for watery creatures
Shiny amber jewelry and a mucky Florida swamp have given scientists a window into an ancient ecosystem that could be anywhere from 15 million to 130 million years old.   view more (2007-10-19)

New peptide antibiotic isolated from American oyster
North Carolina Sea Grant researchers have isolated a new peptide antibiotic from the American oyster that may have implications for managing many diseases in oysters.   view more (2005-11-30)

Two new lakes found beneath Antarctic ice sheet
The Earth Institute at Columbia University-Lying beneath more than two miles of Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok may be the best-known and largest subglacial lake in the world, but it is not alone down there.   view more (2006-01-26)

Scientists show that streams are critical to preservation of oceanic coastal zones
The plight of the world's oceans is dire, according to recent studies, through insults from human-derived activities depopulating and damaging reefs, altering coastlines, and creating pollutants, such as nitrogen runoff from terrestrial watersheds.   view more (2008-03-13)

NASA celebrates a decade observing climate impacts on health of world's oceans
The NASA-managed Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) instrument settled into orbit around Earth in 1997 and took its first measurements of ocean color.   view more (2007-09-20)

New hope for migraine sufferers
Nearly one in ten adults suffers from migraine UK male sufferers alone lose 4m working days with an estimated productivity loss of £750m Migraine accounts for more than half of all headaches New collaborative research by City University, the University of Essex and the Institute of... view more (2002-08-16)

Sleep deprivation affects airport baggage screeners' ability to detect rare targets
A lack of sleep may affect the performance of airport employees, which can, in turn, compromise the safety of airline passengers.   view more (2007-06-11)

Australian Land Surface Is Becoming More Like A Gardener's Greenhouse
Recent research has shown that over the past 50 years the evaporative demand at the terrestrial surface has decreased in many regions, while rainfall has remained constant or even increased a little, effectively making the land wetter. Much of the research to date has been undertaken in the... view more (2004-06-30)

Social parasites of the smaller kind
Cooperation is widespread in the natural world but so too are cheats - mutants that do not contribute to the collective good but simply reap the benefits of others' cooperative efforts.   view more (2007-08-27)

Major increase in federal research needed to determine size of US coal reserves
Because coal will continue to provide a substantial portion of U.S. energy for at least the next several decades, a major increase in federal support for research and development is needed to ensure that this natural resource is extracted efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible... view more (2007-06-21)

Sleep deprivation is common among members of the US Marine Corps
Members of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) experience combined stressors, including physical exertion and the threat of enemy fire.   view more (2007-06-13)

Who's slowing you down?
You may not be aware of it - they might not be aware of it, but the people in your work environment might be slowing you down.   view more (2008-02-21)

Alternative steel loses its Achilles heel
Improved domestic and industrial cutting tools, stronger hip joints and better medical instruments should result from latest research looking at ceramic alternatives to steel. The key to these advances lies in zirconia, a ceramic with steel-like strength and hardness and high resistance to wear... view more (2003-01-31)

Press briefing on the final results of the Mediterranean Targeted Project
The Mediterranean Targeted Project - press briefing 17 December 1999 at 13.00 Borschette Conference Centre Rue Froissart 36, Brussels   view more (1999-12-06)

Want to monitor climate change? P-p-p-pick up a penguin!
We are used to hearing about the effects of climate change in terms of unusual animal behaviour, such as altering patterns of fish and bird migration.   view more (2007-04-04)

Scientists discover new ocean current
Scientists at Georgia Tech have discovered a new climate pattern, the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. They're also finding that as the Earth is... view more (2008-05-01)

Rwanda conservation effort to link isolated chimps to distant forest
A group of some 15 chimpanzees isolated in a pocket of Rwandan rain forest will have a greater range - and, thus, greater chances for survival - thanks to one of Africa's most ambitious forest restoration and ecological research efforts ever.   view more (2008-03-18)
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