R. Siva Kumar

Sudden Infant Death Risks Higher In Some Racial And Ethnic Groups

05.18.2017 13:36 PM

Certain racial and ethnic families are more prone to risks of infants dying suddenly. Studies show that American Indian, Alaska Native, and African-American families face risks of sudden infant deaths.

Poison Frog Tadpoles Jump On Adult Backs To Escape Cannibal Siblings

05.18.2017 12:24 PM

Researchers found that splash-back poison frog tadpoles tend to jump to scuttle away from their siblings, who may eat them.

Polar Region Probe To Be Enhanced: UN

05.17.2017 19:51 PM

The World Meteorological Organization is trying to improve forecasting in the polar regions, which have been influenced by climate change.

Liquid-crystal & Bacterial Living Materials Self-organize & Move Together

05.17.2017 19:39 PM

When liquid crystals are blended with bacteria, they form living materials and move in tandem. Liquid crystals, when combined with bacteria, can create living materials and move together.

Carnivorous Plant Retains Genetic Gems

05.17.2017 11:39 AM

Experts identify the specific genomic traits that make the carnivorous bladderwort an aggressive trapper and hunter.

Farming Popular Pacific Sablefish May Get More Efficient

05.16.2017 14:35 PM

Researchers are probing into more easy and efficient ways of farming sablefish. Researching the sablefish near Seattle, at the federal marine research station, scientists are trying to find some ways to make it easy and efficient to breed fish.

UC Scientists Lock Horns With School Over Strawberry Patent

05.16.2017 14:31 PM

Recently, strawberry scientists were slapped with legal suits for "taking away" the University of California's intellectual property.

Queen Bee Egg Development Affected By Pesticides

05.16.2017 13:06 PM

Scientists looking at bumblebees in the English countryside suggest that using the insecticide Thiamethoxam might bring down the bumblebee population.

Poland-EU's Increasing Clash Over World Heritage Forest

05.16.2017 12:49 PM

Poland refuses to back down over the logging in the Polish Bialowieza forests, even as the European Union prepares to take action.

Why Oxygen Is 'Expelled' By Comets

05.16.2017 12:34 PM

Experts examine the abundant oxygen that is released by comets and explain the nagging mystery. One Caltech chemical engineer who tried innovative techniques to create microprocessors in computers has shown why comets expel oxygen.

New Defense Against Bacteria Found

05.09.2017 00:56 AM

Researchers find that we do not need to kill bacteria, but merely "gather" them, so that the body's natural resistance system can fight diseases.

NASA Mars Exploration: Canada Plans To Build Radar Instrument

05.08.2017 19:04 PM

The Canadian government announced that it will create a radar instrument for the future Mars orbiter, as well as 13 cubesats.

Mineral Weathering Revived Earth After Mass Extinction

05.08.2017 19:03 PM

Hothouse climate conditions battered and exterminated the bedrock of Earth 200 million years ago, but still life revived slowly.

Climate Change Assessments Mask Trade-offs Needed In Policy Debates

05.08.2017 18:44 PM

Global warming potential is widely used by scientists, yet it does not give a realistic measure of the manner in which greenhouse gases impact the environment in the short as well as the long term.

Some Satellites Fail Due To 'Mini Nukes'

05.08.2017 18:34 PM

Micrometeorites are small debris in space that might be posing the risk of mini-nukes to large satellites

Giant Larvaceans' Inner Structures Examined With Laser Technology

05.07.2017 03:57 AM

Scientists were able to use laser technology to find out the internal structures of giant larvaceans.

Troodontid, New Fossil Species With Asymmetric Feathers Found In China

05.07.2017 03:51 AM

Scientists have discovered the fossil of troodontid, a new species that looks like a 'giant chicken with teeth'.

Asiatic Black Bear's Spring Diet Is Rich In Protein, Not Fiber

05.07.2017 03:48 AM

Scientists find that the Asiatic Black Bear's diet in spring is designed to make them muscle up for summer.

Amur, Endangered Russian Tiger, Returning To Wild

05.07.2017 03:46 AM

Careful Russian conservation attempts are restoring this endangered tiger species, Amur, to the wild.

Skunk Genetics Have Been Impacted By Climate Change, Not Geology

05.07.2017 03:10 AM

Scientists have found that small skunks have been heavily influenced by climate change rather than geological barriers.

Why Scientists Find Smelly Salt Marshes 'Beautiful'

05.06.2017 04:15 AM

Environmental researcher Linda Blum finds that salt marshes offer a habitat for a wide range of organisms and offer an interesting study.

Astronomers Find Nearby Star A Good Model Of Early Solar System

05.06.2017 04:04 AM

Astronomers discover Epsilon Eridani, a new, nearby star, which seems to be a good model of the solar system's early evolution.

Competing Hummingbird Species Exhibit Diverse Feeding Strategies

05.05.2017 15:22 PM

Researchers studied the feeding behaviors of hummingbird species and concluded that there are four kinds of strategies adopted by them.

Milky Way Future After 5 Million Years Revealed By Video

05.05.2017 15:20 PM

A video by the European Space Agency shows the changing face of the world's galaxy, looking at the motion of two million stars after five million years.

How Cuttlefish Fight Over A Mate Filmed

05.05.2017 15:09 PM

For the first time, a pair of researchers videotaped a fight between rival cuttlefish males fighting over a female in the wild.

Preeclampsia, As Well As Cure For It, May Be Due To Altered Immune Cells

05.04.2017 07:25 AM

The immune system's natural killer cells n pregnant women alter in response to placental ischemia, so altering the NK cells can blunt some of the problems, discover scientists.

Galapagos Research Locates Triggerfish As Key Predator In Food Web

05.03.2017 11:01 AM

Expert research shows that the triggerfish is a mid-level predator important in coastal ecosystems. Can we see predators in diverse tropical ecosystems, making an influential impact on species merely two links away? Ecologists such as Brown University Professor Jon Witman and his team find that there can be indeed such a significant "trophic cascade" when triggerfish are involved.

New Zealand Earthquake Proves To Be Positive In Some Ways

05.03.2017 10:56 AM

The coast uplift in New Zealand's south Island shows that due to the recent earthquake, some results have been positive.

New Tools Developed To Locate And Control Bacterial Species In Gut

05.03.2017 10:51 AM

Scientists have created novel techniques that show how multiple bacteria in the gut can be identified as well as manipulated.

UK's Rare Plants Struggling At Road's Verges

05.03.2017 10:42 AM

Experts warn that UK's rarest plants are threatened due to mismanagement and their confinement to the edges of roads.