Atlantic hurricane season outlook for 2012

Forecasts from Colorado State suggest the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season will be less active than the average year.

‘Nanobubbles’ plus chemotherapy equals single-cell cancer targeting

Researchers found that delivering chemotherapy drugs with nanobubbles was up to 30 times more deadly to cancer cells than traditional drug treatment

Chris Field reports extreme weather on rise from climate change

Weather extremes - droughts, floods, and heat waves - on the rise worldwide over the past 50 years, are linked to climate change, according to Chris Field.

Fertilizers linked to increasing nitrous oxide in atmosphere

The rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide - a greenhouse gas - is largely the result of the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers, according to Berkeley chemists.

Animals’ teeth reveal what they eat

Animals' teeth reveal that if the animals eat hard foods they have rougher surfaces than those that eat soft foods.

NASA extends Spitzer, Kepler and Planck missions

NASA extends three space-based astrophysics missions. All three probe deep mysteries of the cosmos and try to answer fundamental questions.

White nose syndrome killing hibernating bats

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday announced $1.4 million in grants to help save bats - which play a key role in agriculture - from white nose syndrome.

White nose syndrome in bats spreads as far south as Alabama

White nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease affecting bats in North America, has spread to Alabama, Missouri and Delaware, according to wildlife officials.

Plants: which ones will survive droughts?

New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plants will escape extinction from climate change.

Robosquirrels versus rattlesnakes

Robot squirrels - or robosquirrels - are going into rattlesnake country to help scientists learn how real squirrels interact snakes. Watch the video!