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Mar 23, 2019 10:26 AM EDT

UAlberta paleontologists report world's biggest Tyrannosaurus rex

Nicknamed 'Scotty,' the record-breaking rex is also the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada.

Mar 21, 2019 10:01 AM EDT

Calling time on 'statistical significance' in science research

Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, urges this editorial in a special issue of The American Statistician published today.

Mar 21, 2019 09:44 AM EDT

Cryptosporidium parasite detected in Minnesota groundwater

When consumed in contaminated water, the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium can cause symptoms of stomach cramps, diarrhea and fever.

Mar 20, 2019 09:23 AM EDT

Better water testing, safer produce

Salads were recently in the news--and off America's dinner tables--when romaine lettuce was recalled nationwide.

Mar 15, 2019 10:01 AM EDT

Trust more important than ecology to gain local support for conservation

Social impacts and good governance processes have more resonance with local resource-users than ecological effectiveness

Apr 06, 2019 11:40 AM EDT

Researchers find a piece of Palaeolithic art featuring birds and humans

An exceptional milestone in European Palaeolithic rock art

Mar 08, 2019 08:48 AM EST

Using laser 'tweezers,' scientists grab and study tiny protein droplets

University at Buffalo physicists are using innovative tools to study the properties of a bizarre class of molecules that may play a role in disease: proteins that cluster together to form spherical droplets inside human cells.

Mar 06, 2019 08:28 AM EST

Light from an exotic crystal semiconductor could lead to better solar cells

Scientists have found a new way to control light emitted by exotic crystal semiconductors, which could lead to more efficient solar cells and other advances in electronics, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Materials Today.

Feb 27, 2019 08:22 AM EST

Biologists find the long and short of it when it comes to chromosomes

A team of biologists has uncovered a mechanism that determines the faithful inheritance of short chromosomes during the reproductive process.

Feb 27, 2019 07:42 AM EST

How genetic background shapes individual differences within a species

Every genome is different and scientists are beginning to understand what this means for life of an organism

Feb 14, 2019 07:39 AM EST

New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail provides evolutionary clues for African continent

A new dinosaur that wears its "heart" on its tail provides new clues to how ecosystems evolved on the African continent during the Cretaceous period according to researchers at Ohio University.

Feb 07, 2019 10:45 AM EST

New materials for high-voltage supercapacitors

A research team led by Tohoku University in Japan has developed new materials for supercapacitors with higher voltage and better stability than other materials. Their research was recently published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science.