Cotton breeders face a “Catch-22.” Yield from cotton crops is inversely related to fiber quality.
‘Exotic’ Genes May Improve Cotton Yield and Quality
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URI Students Develop Acoustic Device to Detect Whales Near Offshore Wind Farm
A group of six ocean engineering students at the University of Rhode Island has developed an acoustic device that successfully detects the sounds made by whales and other marine mammals in the vicinity of the Block Island Wind Farm.
Navigating the Changing Arctic
As the fastest warming region on Earth, the Arctic is shedding its ice-covered skin at unprecedented rates.
Mayo Clinic, Other Experts Call for Urgent Focus on Brain Disease That Mimics Alzheimer’s
In collaboration with the University of Kentucky, the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, the University of Cambridge in the U.K., and other institutions, Mayo Clinic researchers helped to establish a name for a degenerative brain disease that afflicts the elderly and mimics features of Alzheimer’s disease.
Morning Exercise Can Improve Decision-Making Across the Day in Older Adults
A study of older Australians has found a morning bout of moderate-intensity exercise improves cognitive performance like decision-making across the day compared to prolonged sitting without exercise.
Researchers Create the First Maps of Two Melatonin Receptors Essential for Sleep
An international team of researchers used an X-ray laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to create the first detailed maps of two melatonin receptors that tell our bodies when to go to sleep or wake up and guide other biological processes.
