Study: Bumblebees speed up flowering

Study: Bumblebees speed up flowering

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Spring has sprung earlier than ever before this year, accompanied by temperatures more typical of early summertime. Many plants were already in full bloom by mid-?April, about three to four weeks earlier than normal....
Study: Breastfeeding is recommended during pandemic

Study: Breastfeeding is recommended during pandemic

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Breastfeeding sets babies up for good health across the lifespan. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing health-care providers to change the way they support breastfeeding mothers. While many supports have been reduced or eliminated,...
Study: New Zealand blue whale distribution patterns tied to ocean conditions, prey availability

Study: New Zealand blue whale distribution patterns tied to ocean conditions, prey availability

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Oregon State University researchers who recently discovered a population of blue whales in New Zealand are learning more about the links between the whales, their prey and ocean conditions that are changing as the...
Study: Ozone Treaty Stopped Jet-Stream Drift in Southern Hemisphere

Study: Ozone Treaty Stopped Jet-Stream Drift in Southern Hemisphere

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More than ten years ago, climate scientist Lorenzo Polvani and his then postdoctoral fellow Seok-woo Son led a study that found the closing of the ozone hole—then underway as a consequence of the 1987...
Scientists establish new timeline for ancient magnetic field on Mars

Scientists establish new timeline for ancient magnetic field on Mars

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Mars had a global magnetic field much earlier—and much later—in the planet’s history than scientists have previously known. A planet’s global magnetic field arises from what scientists call a dynamo: a flow of molten metal...
Researchers develop precision injection system for plants

Researchers develop precision injection system for plants

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While the human world is reeling from one pandemic, there are several ongoing epidemics that affect crops and put global food production at risk. Oranges, olives, and bananas are already under threat in many...
Study: ALMA spots twinkling heart of milky way

Study: ALMA spots twinkling heart of milky way

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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. The team interpreted these blinks to be due to the rotation...
Study: Summer forage capabilities of tepary bean and guar in the southern great plains

Study: Summer forage capabilities of tepary bean and guar in the southern great plains

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Perennial warm-season grasses do not provide high-quality forage during mid to late-summer, which limits yearling stocker cattle from maintaining high rates of growth in the Southern Great Plains. This shortage has resulted in a...
Scientists find protein that helps cancer cells to survive

Scientists find protein that helps cancer cells to survive

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In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered two important functions of a protein called RTEL1 during cell division. The researchers hope that the new knowledge will help to find...
Study: Genetic origins of hybrid dysfunction

Study: Genetic origins of hybrid dysfunction

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In a small pool nestled between two waterfalls in Hidalgo, Mexico, lives a population of hybrid fish - the result of many generations of interbreeding between highland and sheepshead swordtails. The lab of Molly...

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