SCIENCE

What makes some plant groups so successful?
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
Irish researchers involved in cataloguing the world’s plant species are hunting for answers as to what makes some groups of

Researchers improve satellite surveillance of emperor penguins
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
Monitoring the global population of emperor penguins is a major challenge. Not only do they inhabit Antarctica’s harsh, remote environment,

Researchers create materials with unique combo of stiffness, thermal insulation
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to engineer materials that are both stiff and capable of insulating against heat. This combination

Scientists develop visual tool to help people group foods based on their levels of processing
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists studying ultra-processed foods have created a new tool for assessing the rewarding and

Historic iceberg surges offer insights on modern climate change
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
A great armada entered the North Atlantic, launched from the cold shores of North America. But rather than ships off

People are altering decomposition rates in waterways
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams on a global scale, according

Medium and mighty: Intermediate-mass black holes can survive in globular clusters
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
Joint research led by Michiko Fujii of the University of Tokyo demonstrated a possible formation mechanism of intermediate-mass black holes

‘Ugly’ fossil places extinct saber-toothed cat on Texas coast
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
Important scientific finds don’t always come in the biggest, buzziest packages. Sometimes new discoveries come in little ugly rocks. Such

New research approach: Exploring the mouthfeel of food with a microscope
- By West virginia digital
- . May 31, 2024
A team led by Melanie Köhler and Veronika Somoza from the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology has presented a new

Bio-inspired cameras and AI help drivers detect pedestrians and obstacles faster
- By West virginia digital
- . May 30, 2024
It’s every driver’s nightmare: a pedestrian stepping out in front of the car seemingly out of nowhere, leaving only a