Rice University has opened five new research institutes and increased funding of existing ones in recent months as part of a broader effort to boost the private university's graduate program under ...

15. Fresh-water fishes -- Definitions and counts of fish structures -- Key 15A : Fresh-water fishes -- Plate 15A : Fish structures -- Key 15B : Trout (Salmo) and Charrs (Salvelinus) -- Plate 15B : ...

The male desert sandgrouse might not be much to look at, but his belly feathers give him the unique ability to absorb and carry water. Researchers have, for the first time, closely examined the ...

Cetaceans, including dolphins and whales, spend their entire lives in the water. Unlike terrestrial animals, they face greater challenges in regulating their body temperature because water conducts ...

Toxic metals like lead and cadmium are dangerous water contaminants. The team combined nanomechanical microcantilevers with synthetic biology biosensors to create an ultrasensitive platform that ...

Introduction / W. T. Edmondson -- Introduction to the Protista / R. Y. Stanier -- Bacteria / C. B. van Niel and R. Y. Stanier -- Fungi / Frederick K. Sparrow : Key to fungi imperfecti / William W.