Rising sea levels are a threat to coastal regions everywhere, but especially for islands. No example stands out more than the South Pacific nation of Tuvalu. But as Kathleen Schuster reports from our ...

Update at 4 p.m. March 13: The high bacteria count advisory for Honoli ... of recent heavy rains along windward slopes of the Big Island. Levels of 288 per 100 mL of enterococci were detected ...

The island of Ocracoke in North Carolina is known for its distinct "Hoi Toider" brogue (Credit: Alamy) Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

At Mobile World Congress 2025, Xiaomi showcased a Modular Optical System (MOS) that magnetically attaches a lens to a custom Xiaomi 15. It's like a Moto Mod, but with a full-fledged, working ...

For fraternal twins who share 50 percent of their genes, this rate drops to around 2 percent. Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person's risk of developing multiple ...

Most tourists, unfortunately, do the opposite: stopping on St. Louis only for a photo op while pinballing between Paris’s Right and Left Banks and the Île de la Cité, the neighboring island ...

A simulated magnetar with magnetic field lines and surface temperature (temperature increases with color, tending from red to yellow). Credit: ©Raphaël Raynaud (LMPA/AIM/IRFU/DRF/CEA Saclay) A ...

Bacteria consumed by immune cells become part of the cell Date: February 26, 2025 Source: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Summary: Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't ...

To understand the physical basis for efficient navigation in confined geometries, we observe the motion of Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacteria through an artificial pore space under an applied ...