Combing the cosmos: New color catalog aids hunt for life on frozen worlds
Aided by microbes found in the subarctic conditions of Canada’s Hudson Bay, an international team of scientists has created the…
Author: Iqra Aslam
Iqra Aslam is currently working as lecturer of Biochemistry. She has been awarded with “Excellent performance Award” in recognition of her services and hard work. Her main areas of research include: enzyme based biosensors and enzymatic biofuel cells development.
Speeding up evolution at genome-level by alternative chromosome configuration
A research team led by André Marques at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, has…
Compiling data about human-environment interactions into one website
Countless studies have sought to quantify various aspects of human impacts on the planet, but sorting through that data to…
Tracking the journey of mangroves in southern Japan
Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees found in the coastal waters of the tropics and subtropics around the world. Mangrove forests play…
For 400 years, Indigenous tribes buffered climate’s impact on wildfires in the American Southwest
Devastating megafires are becoming more common, in part, because the planet is warming. But a new study led by SMU…
This Weekend’s Homegrown Tomato Festival In Concord And Charlotte
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – The Homegrown Tomato Festival returns July 17. This year’s event presented by Duke’s Mayonnaise features…
Citizen scientists from 200 years ago and today help shed light on climate change trends
Nearly 200 years ago, a system of academies across New York set out to collect data on the state’s climates…
Researchers refine the equations for mechanical stiffness to apply to plant cell walls based on elastic shell theory
Scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) have used elastic shell theory to describe how the stiffness of…
Think climate change is bad for corn? Add weeds to the equation
By the end of the century, scientists expect climate change to reduce corn yield significantly, with some estimating losses up…
As sea ice retreats, narwhals are changing their migration patterns
Narwhals are changing their migration patterns in response to pressure from changing Arctic climates, a new UBC report has found….