Feature Channels: Nature

Filters close
Released: 7-Feb-2024 5:00 AM EST
Nature is particularly beneficial for people on lower income
University of Vienna

Data from a representative sample of the Austrian population suggests that the relationship between nature contact and well-being is consistently stronger for people on lower than higher incomes.

   
Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Mechanism of plants obtain nitrogen by supplying iron to symbiotic bacteria
University of Tsukuba

Leguminous plants have a mechanism (rhizobial symbiosis) to efficiently acquire nitrogen, which is an essential macronutrient for growth, through the nitrogen-fixing bacteria rhizobia.

Newswise: A rare recent case of retrovirus integration: An infectious gibbon ape leukaemia virus is colonising a rodent’s genome in New Guinea
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
A rare recent case of retrovirus integration: An infectious gibbon ape leukaemia virus is colonising a rodent’s genome in New Guinea
Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.

Retroviruses are viruses that multiply by incorporating their genes into the genome of a host cell. If the infected cell is a germ cell, the retrovirus can then be passed on to the next generation as an “endogenous” retrovirus (ERV) and spread as part of the host genome in that host species.

   
Newswise: Smells like evolution: Fruit flies reveal surprises in chemical sensing
Released: 5-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Smells like evolution: Fruit flies reveal surprises in chemical sensing
Queen Mary University of London

A new study in Nature Communications unveils the hidden world of sensory evolution in fruit flies.

Newswise: Weather swings bring steadier results when studying crop adaptability
Released: 5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Weather swings bring steadier results when studying crop adaptability
Iowa State University

Efforts to breed more adaptable crops benefit from testing locations with wide ranges of weather, according to a study co-authored by an Iowa State University expert on phenotypic plasticity, the disparate ways plants respond in different environments.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Small but mighty – study highlights the abundance and importance of the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants
University of Plymouth

Tiny plankton – measuring less than 20µm (or 0.02mm) in diameter – make up the majority of plankton in the ocean and play a critical role in the planet’s health, according to new research.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 5:05 AM EST
New study suggests culling animals who ‘don’t belong’ can be a flawed nature conservation practice
University of Oxford

New research published today in the journal Science has concluded that eradicating animals on the basis that they are not native in order to protect plant species, can be a flawed practice costing millions of dollars, and resulting in the slaughter of millions of healthy wild animals.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Climate change: Fungal disease endangers wheat production
Technical University of Munich

Climate change poses a threat to yields and food security worldwide, with plant diseases as one of the main risks.

Newswise: Relocated songbirds can successfully learn the diversity of song they need to survive
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Relocated songbirds can successfully learn the diversity of song they need to survive
University of Plymouth

Nestling songbirds relocated as part of conservation programmes successfully learn the song repertoires they need to communicate – and ultimately survive – in the wild, a new study has found.

Newswise: Tidal landscapes a greater carbon sink than previously thought
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Tidal landscapes a greater carbon sink than previously thought
University of Gothenburg

Mangroves and saltmarshes sequester large amounts of carbon, mitigating the greenhouse effect.

Newswise: Plant receptors that control immunity and development share a common origin
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Plant receptors that control immunity and development share a common origin
RIKEN

Plants are continuously evolving new immune receptors to ever-changing pathogens.

Newswise: The Challenges and Charms of In-Person Observing
Released: 1-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
The Challenges and Charms of In-Person Observing
NSF's NOIRLab

NSF’s NOIRLab’s world-class observatories — Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Kitt Peak National Observatory, the International Gemini Observatory, and Vera C. Rubin Observatory — are built in some of the highest and driest locations on Earth, often situated far from major inhabited areas.

Newswise: El fascinante desafío de observar en persona
Released: 1-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
El fascinante desafío de observar en persona
NSF's NOIRLab

Los observatorios de clase mundial de NOIRLab de NSF: el Observatorio Cerro Tololo, el Observatorio Nacional Kitt Peak, el Observatorio Internacional Gemini y el Observatorio Vera C. Rubin, están construidos en algunos de los lugares más altos y secos del planeta, a menudo alejados de las principales áreas pobladas.

Newswise: France's National Center for Scientific Research and U.S. Department of Energy Sign 'Statement of Interest' on EIC Collaboration
Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
France's National Center for Scientific Research and U.S. Department of Energy Sign 'Statement of Interest' on EIC Collaboration
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Representatives of France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have signed a new "Statement of Interest" in future cooperation on the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a unique facility for exploring the building blocks of matter and the strongest force in nature.

Newswise: Beyond Ice Cubes: Researchers Bring Complex Shapes to Sea-Ice Dynamics Models
Released: 31-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Beyond Ice Cubes: Researchers Bring Complex Shapes to Sea-Ice Dynamics Models
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Researchers model sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics to understand its role in global climate.

Not for public release

This news release is embargoed until 31-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST Released to reporters: 25-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST

A reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 31-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST The Newswise PressPass gives verified journalists access to embargoed stories. Please log in to complete a presspass application. If you have not yet registered, please Register. When you fill out the registration form, please identify yourself as a reporter in order to advance to the presspass application form.

Newswise: Scientists Pinpoint Growth of Brain’s Cerebellum as Key to Evolution of Bird Flight
29-Jan-2024 12:00 PM EST
Scientists Pinpoint Growth of Brain’s Cerebellum as Key to Evolution of Bird Flight
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Evolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of dinosaur fossils to help answer an enduring question in biology: How did the brains of birds evolve to enable them to fly?

Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
New research shows how pollutants from aerosols and river run-off are changing the marine phosphorus cycle in coastal seas
University of East Anglia

New research into the marine phosphorus cycle is deepening our understanding of the impact of human activities on ecosystems in coastal seas.

Newswise: Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think
Released: 30-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science

What does an asparagus have in common with a vanilla orchid? Not much, if you are just looking at the two plants’ appearances.

Newswise: How a walk in nature restores attention
Released: 29-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
How a walk in nature restores attention
University of Utah

Neural research conducted at Utah's Red Butte Garden uses EEG to measure brain activity on subjects after walks through nature and parking lots.



close
2.64671