Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
21 to 30 of 274 stories
view headlines only
-
Small Male Fish Use High Aggression Strategy
September 1, 2012 — In the deserts of central Australia lives a tough little fish known as the desert goby, and a new study is shedding light on the aggressive mating behaviour of smaller nest-holding ... > full story -
Cup of Herbal Tea Could Help Fight Breast Cancer
August 24, 2012 — Scientists have discovered that an extract from a common plant in Pakistan may help treat breast ... > full story -
Native Landscaping in Urban Areas Can Help Native Birds
August 22, 2012 — The study is one of the first to use quantitative measures and a systematic approach, with 24-hour video monitoring, to assess and compare foraging behavior of common backyard birds in yards in ... > full story -
Drastic Desertification: Researchers Study Dead Sea Climate Past, Finding Dramatic Results
August 21, 2012 — The Dead Sea, a salt sea without an outlet, lies over 400 meters below sea level. Tourists like its high salt content because it increases their buoyancy. "For scientists, however, the Dead Sea ... > full story -
Climate Warming Refuted as Reason for Plant Shifts in High-Profile 2008 Study
August 2, 2012 — The simple model of how plants handle climate change doesn't always explain what's going ... > full story -
Key to Life in the Desert: What New Research Reveals About the Importance of Soil Crusts
July 20, 2012 — Biological soil crust organisms found to play an active role in the development of soil structures and the allocation of water and ... > full story -
Rio+20 Summit: Earth Observation for Us and Our Planet
June 23, 2012 — The Rio+20 summit on promoting jobs, clean energy and a more sustainable use of our planet's resources closed today after three days of talks. During the summit, the role of Earth observation in ... > full story -
Why the Vibrant City of Palmyra Was Located in the Middle of What Is Now the Syrian Desert
June 20, 2012 — Norwegian archaeologists have solved one of the great puzzles of the Roman Empire: Why was the vibrant city of Palmyra located in the middle of the Syrian ... > full story -
Good News on Using Recycled Sewage Treatment Plant Water for Irrigating Crops
June 13, 2012 — A new study eases concerns that irrigating crops with water released from sewage treatment plants -- an increasingly common practice in arid areas of the world -- fosters emergence of the ... > full story -
Genes Culled from Desert Soils Suggest Potential Medical Resource
May 27, 2012 — Despite their ecologic similarity, soils from three geographically distinct areas of the American southwest harbor vastly different collections of small, biosynthetic genes, a finding that suggests ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,146
more 
