nature : Science World Report

Mar 09, 2014 06:45 PM EDT

Oxygenation and Animals: Explaining Air in the Ocean

A recent study shows that the first animals may have oxygenated the ocean, contrary to traditional believes about its rise in oxygen triggered development.

Mar 08, 2014 12:15 AM EST

Exposure to Traffic Air Pollution may Change Heart Structure, Function

A recent study looks at how too much exposure to traffic pollution can potentially alter the structure and function of the heart.

Feb 24, 2014 04:55 PM EST

Environmentally-Friendly Fuel: Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion

New research shows how the sun is capable of generating energy to power vehicles. According to researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the chemical hydrogen actually contains the potential to power passenger cars as an environmentally friendly fuel.

Feb 20, 2014 11:22 AM EST

Imagining Smell Increases Desire for Product

Though most advertising revolves around image, a recent study shows how imagining smell-or what researchers refer to as -smellizing-can help increase the consumers desire for a certain product.

Feb 17, 2014 08:50 AM EST

Study Shows Growing Moral Opposition to Animal Testing

Remember how you protested against dissecting that frog in 7th grade? Well, according to a recent study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago, other individuals around the country have started to feel the same as you. They've hit...

Feb 16, 2014 10:38 PM EST

Does Fertilizer Destabilize Grasslands? Study

A recent study shows that fertilizer could be a bad thing for the world's grasslands.

Feb 07, 2014 05:20 PM EST

Scent: Animals use Odor to Defend themselves

A recent study looks at certain animal's odors and how this helps some defend themselves.

Feb 06, 2014 08:48 PM EST

Woolly Mammoth's Flower Diet may have Caused Animals Extinction

Though we've never seen this mammoth species alive and in person, most of us are familiar with the majestic extinct elephant genus-the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius.) Yet recent research suggests that one of earths largest, hairiest creatures may have gone extinct based on its tiny flower di...

Feb 05, 2014 11:44 AM EST

Five Tips to Help Preserve an Ocean Near You

As problems with the environment and nature persist, scientists and other professionals have come up with mindful tactics to help preserve our world's natural wonders. National Geographic released an article that enumerated a list of tips to help preserve the world's oceans. Here, we'll provide five...

Feb 05, 2014 12:50 AM EST

Coed or Single-Sex School? Study Shows no Difference in Academic Performance between Two

Though some parents may think it best to send their children to a same-sex school in order to eliminate any distractions that come with the opposite sex, a recent study shows that there may not be much-if any-truth to this idea.

Jan 31, 2014 10:58 AM EST

World's First DNA Engineered Monkeys Crispr/Cas9 Born in Lab

Say hello to Crispr/Cas9--the world' first genetically modified monkeys birthed in a lab through the complexities of DNA engineering.

Jan 31, 2014 12:18 AM EST

Glass Model Bends but does not Break

Engineers at MacGill University in Canada have recently devised a technique that actually enables glasses to carry more bend without the possibility of breaking.