Making mosquitoes’ love songs fall on deaf ears
A team of researchers from the Group of Neural Circuit in the Graduate School of Science at Nagoya University in…
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.
Climate change is affecting drinking water quality
The water stored in reservoirs ensures our supply of drinking water. Good water quality is therefore important — but is…
Even modest climate change may lead to sweeping changes in northernmost forests
Even relatively modest climate warming and associated precipitation shifts may dramatically alter Earth’s northernmost forests, which constitute one of the…
What ancient underwater food webs can tell us about the future of climate change
What a tangled web we weave. Well, when it comes to the climate crisis’ impact on marine food webs, we…
Why indoor farming needs to seize the energy efficiency opportunity
Dave Dinesen is CEO at CubicFarms, based in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The views expressed in this guest commentary are…
How pandas survive solely on bamboo: Evolutionary history
When is a thumb not a thumb? When it’s an elongated wrist bone of the giant panda used to grasp…
More support needed for pollination services in agriculture
The global decline of pollinators threatens the reproductive success of 90 per cent of all wild plants globally and the…
Rapid warming in the Arctic means more rain, more greenhouse gas release and even more warming
Today, more snow than rain falls in the Arctic, but this is expected to reverse by the end of the…
This is how water fleas defend themselves against carnivorous plants
Water fleas are masters of adaptation. Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the Technical University of Darmstadt…
City-living bees benefit most from specific types of urban ‘greening’
Converting vacant urban lots into greenspaces can reduce blight and improve neighborhoods, and new research shows that certain types of…