R. Siva Kumar

Sudden Infant Death Risks Higher In Some Racial And Ethnic Groups

Medicine & Technology May 18, 2017

Certain racial and ethnic families are more prone to risks of infants dying suddenly.

Poison Frog Tadpoles Jump On Adult Backs To Escape Cannibal Siblings

May 18, 2017

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

May 17, 2017

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

May 17, 2017

When liquid crystals are blended with bacteria, they form living materials and move in tandem.

Carnivorous Plant Retains Genetic Gems

May 17, 2017

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

Farming Popular Pacific Sablefish May Get More Efficient

May 16, 2017

Researchers are probing into more easy and efficient ways of farming sablefish.

UC Scientists Lock Horns With School Over Strawberry Patent

May 16, 2017

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

May 16, 2017

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

May 16, 2017

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

May 16, 2017

Experts examine the abundant oxygen that is released by comets and explain the nagging mystery.

New Defense Against Bacteria Found

May 09, 2017

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

May 08, 2017

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

May 08, 2017

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

May 08, 2017

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.