These microscopic silver particles, also known as nanosilver, serve as an antimicrobial agent in a vast array of consumer products including clothing and condoms.
Nanosilver: How Do These Tiny Particles Impact Freshwater Ecosystems?
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Treading Carefully: Chickadees Slow To Return To Feeders While Predators Are Nearby
Chickadees will change their feeding behaviour if they think predators are nearby, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists.
Helping Growers Care for the Apple Crop – They’re Working on an App for That
For apple growers in Massachusetts and across the country, thinning the crop each year is a labor-intensive practice that must be done to ensure that trees bear fruit each year.
Amazon Deforestation Stimulates Soil Microbes to Produce More Greenhouse Gases
A team of researchers say they have pinpointed the source – methane-producing microorganisms – for large amounts of methane emitted from rainforest-turned-cattle-pasture in Brazil’s Amazon region.
Blue Catfish: Invasive and Delicious
Situations that are truly win-win are few and far between. But, resource managers and foodies alike agree: Eating blue catfish from the Chesapeake Bay is tasty and nutritious一and it is good for the ecosystem.
Blanchard Lab Leads National Soil Microbiome Investigation
In a new national effort, scientists led by Jeff Blanchard, biology, have received a two-year, renewable resource grant from the Department of Energy (DOE).
