Latest news from Prairie Research Institute on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/scientists-study-how-a-diabetes-drug-affects-soils/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-study-how-a-diabetes-drug-affects-soils/?sc=rsin Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:35:49 EST In a recent study, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center environmental chemist Wei Zheng and colleagues investigated the adsorption of sitagliptin in soils treated with sewage wastewater. Prairie Research Institute /articles/fission-fusion-dynamics-in-the-social-networks-of-a-north-american-pitviper/?sc=rsin /articles/fission-fusion-dynamics-in-the-social-networks-of-a-north-american-pitviper/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:40:36 EST Researchers found that rattlesnakes can buffer each other's stress response, much like humans, when they endure a stressful event together. This is the first time "social buffering" has been studied in a reptile. Prairie Research Institute /articles/illinois-drought-and-soil-moisture-conditions-worsen-in-mid-june/?sc=rsin /articles/illinois-drought-and-soil-moisture-conditions-worsen-in-mid-june/?sc=rsin Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:50:57 EST Northeastern and central Illinois are now experiencing severe drought, as dry conditions persist across the state in the second week of June, causing soil moisture levels to drop and record-low water levels in some areas of the Illinois River. Prairie Research Institute /articles/inhs-researchers-reveal-virgin-birth-in-a-crocodile/?sc=rsin /articles/inhs-researchers-reveal-virgin-birth-in-a-crocodile/?sc=rsin Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:20:06 EST In a recent study published in the journal Biology Letters, a female crocodile living in isolation for 16 years at a Costa Rican zoo laid a clutch of eggs, a common practice among captive reptiles, even those without mates. After three months of incubation, one egg contained "a fully formed stillborn baby crocodile," a team of scientists found. Prairie Research Institute