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Predators do more than kill prey
The direct effect predators have on their prey is to kill them. The evolutionary changes that can result from this direct effect include prey that are younger at maturity and that produce more offspring.   view more (2008-01-18)

Euroabstracts, December 2002: Denmark cranks up the research machine
European research co-ordination is designed to raise productivity, and so is the reform programme under way in Denmark research. It is a small country which in many ways overperforms on the global scale - being for example a world leader in wireless telephony research - but it also has weak areas.... view more (2002-12-10)

Decline in Alaskan sea otters affects bald eagles' diet
Sea otters are known as a keystone species, filling such an important niche in ocean communities that without them, entire ecosystems can collapse.   view more (2008-10-03)

Viewing ecosystems from above
"New technology and global observations have improved resource-management decision making from disaster detection and mitigation of fires, insect outbreaks, storms, and floods, to agricultural management and basic ecological research," says Dennis Ojima (Colorado State University).   view more (2007-08-07)

Iowa State professor's research shows Midwest forests losing diversity, complexity
Forests in the nation's Upper Midwest have changed greatly since the time of the early settlers. And more changes may be coming.   view more (2007-10-17)

Study shows parasites outweigh predators
In a study of free-living and parasitic species in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California, a team of researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, the United States Geological Survey, and Princeton University has determined that parasite biomass in... view more (2008-07-24)

MIT team describes unique cloud forest
Trees that live in an odd desert forest in Oman have found an unusual way to water themselves by extracting moisture from low-lying clouds, MIT scientists report.   view more (2006-09-15)

Overfishing large sharks impacts entire marine ecosystem, shrinks shellfish supply
Fewer big sharks in the oceans mean that bay scallops and other shellfish may be harder to find at the market, according to an article in the March 30 issue of the journal Science, tying two unlikely links in the food web to the same fate.   view more (2007-03-30)

Area creek studied for rangeland effects on water quality
Elevated levels of bacteria in streams can affect water quality, the health of the aquatic ecosystem and activities such as fishing, swimming and wading, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher said.   view more (2006-10-25)

Old growth forests are valuable carbon sinks
Contrary to 40 years of conventional wisdom, a new analysis to be published Friday in the journal Nature suggests that old growth forests are usually "carbon sinks" - they continue to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change for centuries.   view more (2008-09-11)

No evidence that melatonin is effective in treating jet lag
There is no evidence that melatonin is effective in treating secondary sleep disorders or preventing jet lag, finds a study published online by the BMJ today.   view more (2006-02-10)

Chemical Companies Recognised as Champions of Leadership in Occupational Health and Safety
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) welcomed a new campaign launched yesterday by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to persuade companies that sensible health and safety management is beneficial for both staff and business.   view more (2005-02-22)

Iowa State researchers study ground cover to reduce impact of biomass harvest
Ground cover may be one workable method to reduce the effects of erosion that future biomass harvests are predicted to bring.   view more (2008-07-09)

Patchwork strategies may be best for restoring Texas rangelands
A patchwork quilt approach may best suit landowners trying to repair many years of overgrazing, continuous stocking and fire suppression on Texas rangelands, said a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher.   view more (2006-10-12)

When fish become extinct, the cycling of critical nutrients in ecosystems changes, Cornell study finds
Ecosystems are such intricate webs of connections that few studies have been able to explore exactly what happens when a species dies out.   view more (2007-03-05)

Seeing the forest and the trees
With human emissions of carbon dioxide on the rise, there is growing interest in maintaining the Earth's natural mechanisms that absorb and store carbon.   view more (2005-10-24)

Innovation & Technology Transfer magazine new issue: edition 3/03, May 2003 - Focus on the firm
Entrepreneurs and enterprises are the drivers of innovation in any economy, not least in Europe. Improving our innovation performance - and therefore increasing our productivity - requires the development of a better business environment for companies. All policy-makers need to give more... view more (2003-05-23)

Manipulating biotope space can enhance beneficial biodiversity effects
Using diverse plant mixtures instead of monocultures can increase yield and other ecosystem goods and services on which humans depend. Recent studies showed that such beneficial effects of biodiversity depend on complementarity between species in resource use, as is the case if species root in... view more (2004-06-10)

Evolving From Marine Nature Reserves Towards Biotechnoparks
In near future, marine nature reserves will execute an important historic mission: they will become the crystallisation centres, around which territories should appear to perfect optimal methods for protection and utilization of maritime resources. Such conclusion was made by the leading preserving... view more (2003-12-05)

Darwin and the world's first ecological experiment
Scientists examining the work that influenced Charles Darwin have rediscovered the details of what may be the world's first ecological experiment. Darwin, in his Origin of Species of 1859, referred to an experiment investigating the biology of grassland plants that showed how a greater diversity of... view more (2002-01-21)

Going to bed late may affect the health, academic performance of college students
College students who go to bed late are more likely to have poor quality sleep, which may affect their mental health and academic performance.   view more (2007-06-13)

No safe ground for life to stand on during world's largest mass extinction
The world's largest mass extinction was probably caused by poisonous volcanic gas, according to research published today.   view more (2005-12-02)

Heavy metals in the Peak District -- evidence from bugs in blanket bogs
Bacteria that consume heavy metals have been found in some of the most contaminated parts of the Peak District in the Southern Pennines and may be changing the pollutants into more toxic forms that could leak out into reservoirs.   view more (2008-04-02)

Actions of individuals key to saving biodiversity-and ourselves, Stanford biologists say
Even if you don't like the outdoors, you're probably pretty fond of air, clean water and food. That makes you a fan of biodiversity, because those essentials for life-human and otherwise-are maintained as a direct result of the Earth's biodiversity, the abundance and variety of species and... view more (2008-08-12)

Manufacturing Research - a new approach
An initiative is launched today (November 26th 2001 )that will bring Manufacturing in the UK into a new stage of major development. Twelve Research Centres are being set up looking at areas ranging from laser processing and e-manufacturing to healthcare and transport.    More than... view more (2001-11-16)
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