ed Sugar is key ingredient to evolutionary success of ants, researchers find By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:58:15 +0000 One way to avoid a cold or the flu, doctors say, is to stay away from crowded places. Viruses spread fast in places where people […] The post Sugar is key ingredient to evolutionary success of ants, researchers find appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Plants Research News Science & Nature ants biodiversity conservation biology evolution insects Tropical Research Institute
ed Genetically modified soybean pollen threatens Mexican honey sales By insider.si.edu Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:12:34 +0000 Mexico is the fourth largest honey producer and fifth largest honey exporter in the world. A Smithsonian researcher and colleagues helped rural farmers in Mexico […] The post Genetically modified soybean pollen threatens Mexican honey sales appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Plants Research News Science & Nature agriculture bees biodiversity conservation biology insects Tropical Research Institute
ed Vine-choked forests can’t capture carbon By insider.si.edu Published On :: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:38:02 +0000 Tropical forests are a sometimes underappreciated asset in the battle against climate change. They cover 7 percent of land surface yet hold more than 30 […] The post Vine-choked forests can’t capture carbon appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Plants Research News Science & Nature carbon dioxide climate change conservation biology Tropical Research Institute
ed New species of poppy pollinating fly discovered in China By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:31:16 +0000 Invertebrate Zoology Scientists studying pollinators of the yellow poppy (Meconopsis integrifolia) in the highlands of southern China have discovered a striking new species of flower fly […] The post New species of poppy pollinating fly discovered in China appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Research News Science & Nature bees conservation biology insects National Museum of Natural History
ed New South Pacific cliff flower is critically endangered By insider.si.edu Published On :: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:17:07 +0000 What plant species has just been discovered but is almost gone? Bidens meyeri–a just discovered flowering plant from the small South Pacific island of Rapa, […] The post New South Pacific cliff flower is critically endangered appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Research News Science & Nature climate change conservation conservation biology endangered species extinction National Museum of Natural History
ed Sweet survival: Some birds have a sugar edge By insider.si.edu Published On :: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:48:20 +0000 For Smithsonian ornithologist Gary Graves it was a captivating spectacle. At an outdoor café in Kingston, Jamaica, Graves watched three mornings in a row as […] The post Sweet survival: Some birds have a sugar edge appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Q & A Research News Science & Nature birds conservation biology migratory birds National Museum of Natural History South America
ed Analysis: Many tropical tree species have yet to be discovered By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 12:54:45 +0000 A global analysis raises the minimum estimated number of tropical tree species to at least 40,000–53,000 worldwide in a paper appearing in Proceedings of the […] The post Analysis: Many tropical tree species have yet to be discovered appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Plants Research News Science & Nature Center for Tropical Forest Science climate change conservation conservation biology Forest Global Earth Observatory new species Tropical Research Institute
ed Tiny, fierce and disappearing: breeding program aims to help the loggerhead shrike By insider.si.edu Published On :: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:45:52 +0000 Residents of the southeastern United States might occasionally come across an oddity along a barbed-wire fence: a series of insects, mice or even small birds […] The post Tiny, fierce and disappearing: breeding program aims to help the loggerhead shrike appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Research News Science & Nature birds conservation conservation biology endangered species Migratory Bird Center Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
ed New report enables creation of carbon credits for restored wetlands By insider.si.edu Published On :: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:20:09 +0000 How much is a wetland worth? It’s a question that has plagued policymakers, scientists and other leaders looking to protect their communities and slow down […] The post New report enables creation of carbon credits for restored wetlands appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Marine Science Plants Research News Science & Nature biodiversity carbon dioxide Chesapeake Bay climate change conservation conservation biology Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
ed Agustín Stahl: Scientist Who Introduced the “Arbol de Navidad” (Christmas Tree) to Puerto Rico By insider.si.edu Published On :: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:54:12 +0000 Ubiquitous as they may be today, the origin of the Christmas tree is unknown to most. The tradition of decorating a tree, usually an evergreen […] The post Agustín Stahl: Scientist Who Introduced the “Arbol de Navidad” (Christmas Tree) to Puerto Rico appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article History & Culture Plants Science & Nature biodiversity conservation conservation biology National Museum of Natural History
ed Study: Managed beehives can discourage crop-raiding elephants By insider.si.edu Published On :: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:41:11 +0000 Strategically placed honeybee hives can deter African elephants from raiding crops, but the hives must be actively managed by beekeepers to work, according to a […] The post Study: Managed beehives can discourage crop-raiding elephants appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Research News Science & Nature Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Smithsonian's National Zoo
ed Recent Connection Between North and South America Reaffirmed By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:28:14 +0000 Long ago, one great ocean flowed between North and South America. When the narrow Isthmus of Panama joined the continents about 3 million years ago, […] The post Recent Connection Between North and South America Reaffirmed appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Earth Science Plants Research News Science & Nature carbon dioxide Caribbean climate change prehistoric Tropical Research Institute
ed Mystery solved? Ants Protect Young From Infection By Cocooning Them in Fungus By insider.si.edu Published On :: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:17:45 +0000 In the dark recesses of an underground fungus garden, a Panamanian leaf-cutting ant plucks a tuft of mycelia, the wispy part of the basidiomycete fungus […] The post Mystery solved? Ants Protect Young From Infection By Cocooning Them in Fungus appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Research News Science & Nature ants insects Tropical Research Institute
ed Gorillas Aren’t Tricked By a Faux Sugary Fruit Thanks to a Mutation By insider.si.edu Published On :: Sun, 04 Sep 2016 13:00:45 +0000 During the course of a year, a western gorilla in the Lossi Forest of Northern Congo stuffs its face with a profusion of fruit, including figs, […] The post Gorillas Aren’t Tricked By a Faux Sugary Fruit Thanks to a Mutation appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Science & Nature mammals Tropical Research Institute
ed Mystery solved: frogs use snout glands in emergency jail break By insider.si.edu Published On :: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:45:50 +0000 At the approach of a hungry parrot snake, a tree frog egg transforms from a haven to a prison. With no parent to offer protection, […] The post Mystery solved: frogs use snout glands in emergency jail break appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Marine Science Plants Science & Nature Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
ed Annual Smithsonian-led science festival draws crowds in Fort Pierce, Florida By insider.si.edu Published On :: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:55:09 +0000 Fort Pierce, Fla. – Fall in southern Florida is festival season: when the weather stops being oppressively hot and 70 degrees is positively autumnal. On […] The post Annual Smithsonian-led science festival draws crowds in Fort Pierce, Florida appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Earth Science History & Culture Marine Science Plants Research News Science & Nature National Museum of Natural History
ed Feathered diplomats unite pupils in North and Central America By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:01:07 +0000 By now, most of the United States has started to feel the first cool caresses of winter. Everything is pumpkin spiced, and the last crickets […] The post Feathered diplomats unite pupils in North and Central America appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Earth Science History & Culture Plants Science & Nature migratory birds Smithsonian's National Zoo South America
ed One-Stop Shopping for Federal Scientific Collections By insider.si.edu Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:46:09 +0000 Federal agencies act as custodians of hundreds of diverse scientific collections that contain everything from plant and animal specimens, tissues, and DNA to microbes, minerals, […] The post One-Stop Shopping for Federal Scientific Collections appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Earth Science Plants Research News Science & Nature collections insects
ed The incredible marine diversity under boat docks By insider.si.edu Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:31:04 +0000 Coastal marine environments are impacted by human disturbance. Dock pilings allow MarineGEO researchers to study these impacts in a standardized way around the world to […] The post The incredible marine diversity under boat docks appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Earth Science Marine Science Plants Science & Nature Video biodiversity Chesapeake Bay conservation biology fishes National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Tropical Research Institute
ed Newly named, Hawaiian tree species already critically endangered By insider.si.edu Published On :: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:51:55 +0000 A newly discovered Hawaiian tree recently had the distinction of being added to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Critically […] The post Newly named, Hawaiian tree species already critically endangered appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals History & Culture Marine Science Plants Science & Nature Spotlight biodiversity birds climate change conservation biology endangered species extinction National Museum of Natural History new species
ed Dormant Orchids Need Fungi to Rise Again By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 17:11:59 +0000 If you are a plant, when life aboveground turns harsh, you have few options. Some orchids respond by going dormant, spending years to decades underground […] The post Dormant Orchids Need Fungi to Rise Again appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Earth Science Plants Research News Science & Nature biodiversity conservation biology endangered species fungi orchids Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
ed Measuring trees with the speed of sound By insider.si.edu Published On :: Mon, 09 Jan 2017 18:04:23 +0000 Living trees can rot from the inside out, leaving only a hollowed trunk. Wood rot in living trees can cause overestimates of global carbon pools, […] The post Measuring trees with the speed of sound appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Earth Science Plants Research News Science & Nature carbon dioxide climate change Tropical Research Institute
ed Beetle and pollen trapped in 105 million-year-old amber reveal fourth major pollination mode in mid-Mesozoic By insider.si.edu Published On :: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:00:43 +0000 Named for Charles Darwin, the only known specimen of a newly discovered beetle, Darwinylus marcosi, died in a sticky battle in a gob of tree […] The post Beetle and pollen trapped in 105 million-year-old amber reveal fourth major pollination mode in mid-Mesozoic appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Dinosaurs & Fossils Earth Science Plants Research News Science & Nature biodiversity insects National Museum of Natural History pollination
ed Earth Optimism: Smithsonian’s “Agua Salud” Project restores degraded land with forest By insider.si.edu Published On :: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:18:48 +0000 This Earth Day weekend in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian is convening the first Earth Optimism Summit. The three-day event, taking place April 21–23, will look […] The post Earth Optimism: Smithsonian’s “Agua Salud” Project restores degraded land with forest appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Earth Science Marine Science Meet Our People Plants Research News Science & Nature Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
ed A first: New website reveals origin of genetic samples and date collected By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:28:48 +0000 For the first time, a new public database will link genetic data with records of where and when the samples it was taken from were […] The post A first: New website reveals origin of genetic samples and date collected appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Marine Science Plants Research News Science & Nature National Museum of Natural History
ed Coral reef eavesdropping unveils burrowed, romantic male singers By insider.si.edu Published On :: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:29:30 +0000 Coral reefs are home to some of the most colorful, diverse life on the planet. And yet, for all their fame as biodiversity hotspots, it’s […] The post Coral reef eavesdropping unveils burrowed, romantic male singers appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Marine Science Plants Research News Science & Nature Chesapeake Bay Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
ed Mongooses wiped them out. Now Nicole Angeli wants the St. Croix ground lizard home again By insider.si.edu Published On :: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:32:57 +0000 To catch lizards on the offshore islands close to St. Croix in the Caribbean, Smithsonian herpetologist Nicole Angeli uses a lasso of thread looped at […] The post Mongooses wiped them out. Now Nicole Angeli wants the St. Croix ground lizard home again appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Marine Science Plants Research News Science & Nature extinction National Museum of Natural History
ed Study reveals soil fungi has final say in survival of seeds from tropical trees By insider.si.edu Published On :: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:56:00 +0000 How specific fungi interact with seeds in tropical forest soils may be the ultimate arbiter in the struggle for survival among tropical trees. “Depending on […] The post Study reveals soil fungi has final say in survival of seeds from tropical trees appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Earth Science Plants Research News Science & Nature fungi Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
ed Study: Large shady forest plots essential to survival of post-fledgling songbirds during drought By insider.si.edu Published On :: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 11:31:50 +0000 According to a new study by biologists at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and Virginia Tech the offspring of a certain songbird, the wood thrush, […] The post Study: Large shady forest plots essential to survival of post-fledgling songbirds during drought appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Research News Science & Nature Smithsonian's National Zoo
ed Using digitized Botany specimens, AI excels in simple curatorial tasks By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 06:54:19 +0000 Millions, if not billions, of specimens reside in the world’s natural history collections, but most of these have not been carefully studied, or even looked […] The post Using digitized Botany specimens, AI excels in simple curatorial tasks appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Plants Research News Science & Nature Spotlight National Museum of Natural History
ed The Caribbean is stressed out By insider.si.edu Published On :: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 12:32:53 +0000 Forty percent of the world’s 2.5 billion people live in coastal cities and towns. A team including Smithsonian marine biologists just released 25 years of […] The post The Caribbean is stressed out appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Marine Science Plants Science & Nature Caribbean Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
ed For millions of years these tiny beetles have chewed their way out of sight By insider.si.edu Published On :: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:24:57 +0000 Camouflage is a valuable survival strategy—just ask a chameleon. Scientists have just discovered a new form of mimicry camouflage: beetles that hide by chewing beetle-shaped […] The post For millions of years these tiny beetles have chewed their way out of sight appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Science & Nature National Museum of Natural History
ed Behind the scenes in the restaurant kitchen that feeds the National Zoo’s residents By insider.si.edu Published On :: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:40:02 +0000 “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well,” Virginia Woolf once said. Woolf’s sentiment is one that the staff […] The post Behind the scenes in the restaurant kitchen that feeds the National Zoo’s residents appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Animals Plants Science & Nature Smithsonian's National Zoo
ed See thousands of orchids in incredible detail in the Smithsonian’s newly digitized collection By insider.si.edu Published On :: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:16:08 +0000 No green thumb? You don’t need to water these dazzling orchids to enjoy them. More than 8,000 living specimens in the Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection […] The post See thousands of orchids in incredible detail in the Smithsonian’s newly digitized collection appeared first on Smithsonian Insider. Full Article Plants Research News Science & Nature Smithsonian Gardens
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ed Redetermination and new description of the crystal structure of vanthoffite, Na6Mg(SO4)4 By journals.iucr.org Published On :: The crystal structure of vanthoffite, Na6Mg(SO4)4, was redetermined and refined with anisotropic displacement parameters for all atoms. Here, for the first time, we give its detailed description. Full Article text
ed Co-crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and DFT studies of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene solvated bis[1,3-bis(pentafluorophenyl)propane-1,3-dionato]copper(II) By journals.iucr.org Published On :: The title complex, Cu(L)2 or [Cu(C15HF10O2)2], comprising one copper ion and two fully fluorinated ligands (L−), was crystallized with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT, C6H6O2S) as a guest molecule to give in a dichloromethane solution a unique co-crystal, Cu(L)2·3C6H6O2S. Full Article text
ed Gjønnes Medal in Electron Crystallography – call for nominations By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2019-01-01 Full Article text
ed Model-independent extraction of the shapes and Fourier transforms from patterns of partially overlapped peaks with extended tails By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2019-01-01 This work presents a technique for extracting the detailed shape of peaks with extended, overlapping tails in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern. The application discussed here concerns crystallite size broadening, though the technique can be applied to spectra of any origin and without regard to how the profiles are to be subsequently analyzed. Historically, the extraction of profile shapes has been difficult due to the complexity of determining the background under the peak, resulting in an offset of the low-frequency components of the Fourier transform of the peak known as the `hook' problem. The use of a carefully considered statistical weighting function in a non-linear least-squares fit, followed by summing the residuals from such a fit with the fit itself, allows one to extract the full shape of an isolated peak, without contributions from either the background or adjacent peaks. The extracted shape, consisting of the fit function recombined with the residuals, is not dependent on any specific shape model. The application of this to analysis of microstructure is performed independently of global parametric models, which would reduce the number of refined parameters; therefore the technique requires high-quality data to produce results of interest. The effectiveness of the technique is demonstrated by extraction of Fourier transforms of peaks from two sets of size-broadened materials with two differing pieces of equipment. Full Article text
ed Anomalous small viral shells and simplest polyhedra with icosahedral symmetry: the rhombic triacontahedron case By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2019-01-01 The development of antiviral strategies requires a clear understanding of the principles that control the protein arrangements in viral shells. Considered here are those capsids that violate the paradigmatic Caspar and Klug (CK) model, and it is shown that the important structural features of such anomalous shells from the Picobirnaviridae, Flaviviridae and Leviviridae families can be revealed by models in the form of spherical icosahedral packings of equivalent rhombic structural units (SUs). These SUs are composed of protein dimers forming the investigated capsids which, as shown here, are based on the rhombic triacontahedron (RT) geometry. How to modify the original CK approach in order to make it compatible with the considered rhombic tessellations of a sphere is also discussed. Analogies between capsids self-assembled from dimers and trimers are demonstrated. This analysis reveals the principles controlling the localization of receptor proteins (which recognize the host cell) on the capsid surface. Full Article text
ed Selling reduction versus Niggli reduction for crystallographic lattices By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2019-01-01 The unit-cell reduction described by Selling and used by Delone (whose early publications were under the spelling Delaunay) is explained in a simple form. The transformations needed to implement the reduction are listed. The simplicity of this reduction contrasts with the complexity of Niggli reduction. Full Article text
ed Reducing dynamical electron scattering reveals hydrogen atoms By scripts.iucr.org Published On :: 2019-01-01 Compared with X-rays, electron diffraction faces a crucial challenge: dynamical electron scattering compromises structure solution and its effects can only be modelled in specific cases. Dynamical scattering can be reduced experimentally by decreasing crystal size but not without a penalty, as it also reduces the overall diffracted intensity. In this article it is shown that nanometre-sized crystals from organic pharmaceuticals allow positional refinement of the hydrogen atoms, even whilst ignoring the effects of dynamical scattering during refinement. To boost the very weak diffraction data, a highly sensitive hybrid pixel detector was employed. A general likelihood-based computational approach was also introduced for further reducing the adverse effects of dynamic scattering, which significantly improved model accuracy, even for protein crystal data at substantially lower resolution. Full Article text