- Chartering new waters of biofilm ecology and evolution
Biofilms dominate microbial life in most natural, engineered and medical systems, and they have orchestrated key biogeochemical cycles on Earth over billions of years. As…
- Rich nations are laying road to ecological Armageddon
In the last decade, two-thirds of the world’s forest elephants – found only in the rainforests of Equatorial Africa – have been slaughtered by ivory…
- Mimicking nature’s chemistry to solve global environmental problems
What many people might call the daily laboratory grind Theodore Betley, Ph.D., calls play. As a student, he developed a passion for lab work that…
- Ecological engineering: a breath of life for marine ecosystems
The Swedish Byfjord: it may look healthy, but has a deep and stifling secret. Author provided Oxygen is essential for many life forms. But we…
- Primates’ behavior, ecology give hints to their survival
A northern muriqui mother perches in a tree with her new infant and juvenile son During this past winter break, I worked 12-hour days in…
- NTU ties up with Smithsonian on ecology research
The tropical ecology research partnership deal was sealed between NTU Provost Freddy Boey (third from left) and Smithsonian’s Interim Under Secretary for Science John Kress…
- Jordan hosts Water SUM project workshop
Jordan hosted a national workshop for the project “Sustainable Use of Transboundary Water Resources and Water Security Management” (Water SUM) at the Dead Sea Spa…
- UN Heads Call for Collective Action to Tackle Disaster Risk in Sendai
Mr. BAN-Ki Moon, highlighting the importance of linking disaster risk reduction to sustainable development and efforts to tackle climate change.
- Fukushima Radiation Found in Sample of Green Tea from Japan
Four years after the multiple explosions and melt-downs at Fukushima, it seems the scary stories have only just begun to surface. Given that Japan’s authoritarian…
- In Chernobyl back brown bears
The unexpected discovery was made by scientists – in the Chernobyl exclusion zone returned brown bears, which were not on this site for over a…