January 2017

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The National Academy of Sciences is honoring Oregon State University marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco with its most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal. The academy has annu..

Among the greatest unanswered questions in all of evolutionary biology is what were the molecular forces that gave rise to the unique cognitive abilities of the human brain? Which, among the constella..

Loading video... Credit: Global Fishing Watch New research published in the journal Biological Conservation sheds light on the contentious debate surrounding large Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that ..

Credit: UT Arlington Frank Lu, a professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Ast..

Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA's IMERG product was used to calculate the amount of rainfall generated by Ex-tropical Cyclone 03S. By January 30, the former tropical cyclone was a ..

Credit: UT Arlington Perena Gouma, a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has published an article in the journal Sensors that desc..

Credit: Courtesy of Katherine Mackey / UCI Irvine, Calif., Jan. 31, 2017 - China's rapid ascent to global economic superpower is taking a toll on some of its ancient ways. For millennia, people ..

Credit: University of Bath Creating a new generation of advanced pacemakers which adapt to the demands of a patient's body is the goal of a new €5M international research consortium led by the..

Credit: Image courtesy of Royal Society journal Proceedings A Newsflash for American high school students -- choose friends wisely, or they may end up costing you your education. In fact, new ma..

Credit: (C) 2017, The American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) opposes discrimination against healthcare professionals or older people based on race, color, religion, gender ..