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The article highlights the social resiliency of underserved African communities in the U.S. Topics discussed include the ability of people in poorer communities facing discrimination to achieve high levels of social capital based on a study conducted by psychology professor Jacqueline Mattis at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, benefit of social capital to mental health, and implication of failure of academics and policy makers to see the social capital in marginalized communities.

Some showed that the hairs on tree leaves, called trichomes, may increase a tree's ability to capture fine-particulate matter. Others revealed the importance of tree placement and vegetation type - in particular, conifers like pines are more effective than deciduous trees, since they stay green year-round. Volunteers buzz around the front lawn of a Baptist church in Louisville on a bright October morning. [Extracted from the article]

After 10 years of studying white-rot fungi, she demonstrated that it eats the carbon in lignin to fuel its growth, according to a March study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). PLANET EARTH IF YOU'VE encountered a dead tree in the woods or green algae on a lake, you've witnessed fungi at work. Rodríguez's discovery flags white-rot fungi as a key player in sequestering lignin-derived carbon in soil. [Extracted from the article]

Marty's discovery is a breakthrough in the right direction, though preventing microplastics by reducing our plastic use is just as important, says Diana. The term microplastics was coined in 2004 by marine ecologist Richard Thompson after he discovered tiny bits of plastic littering British beaches. PLANET EARTH CONCERNS ABOUT microplastics are not new. [Extracted from the article]

Dickerson, who had stepped outside to grab the photo card from the motion-activated camera she'd set up near the dish, crouched, hooked her index finger into one of the holes and tossed the ice. Having her photographs in a scientific j ournal after 10 years of using camera traps was hugely satisfying to Dickerson. Though normally their eyes glazed over when their mother starting talking about her hobby, that wasn't the case when Dickerson showed them the photos and told them she was probably the first person to have captured skunk tool use on film. [Extracted from the article]

WATER & AIR EXHAUST PIPES and power plants spew tiny particles 2.5 microns in diameter or smaller into the air we breathe. They used more than 20 different government health and pollution databases - including census data, EPA air-monitoring data and claims from 68.5 million Medicare enrollees - to compare heath records with pollution levels over time. "We looked all around the world for examples of where people have lowered natural sources of pollution leading to better health outcomes", says Sam Heft-Neal, study author and a Stanford University researcher. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses several research studies on avian olfactory sense. Topics include the study by Gabrielle Nevitt in her Antarctic research cruise on albatross, one by James Audubon in the 1820s about vultures lacking the sense of smell and the study of Bernice Wenzel on using electrode tests on mallards, canaries and ravens. It also mentions the meeting of Nevitt with atmospheric chemist Tim Bates, their study on dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and the study of Danielle Whitaker on juncos.

The article focuses on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, to help biologists and ecologists in their field work. Topics discussed include a comparison between the military and the civilian drones, the advantages of using drones in field research and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations regarding permits to operate drones. It also presents some scientific projects where drones are used.

The article offers a look at four small companies that are significant to protecting the U.S. from various threats on the home front. It says Yellowfin Yachts was founded by former competitive powerboat racer Wylie Nagler in 1998. It notes that security software developed by FireEye is being used by over 60 government agencies to prevent advanced threats often missed by firewalls and virus attacks. It gives information on a portable handheld scanner that has been made by Walleye Technologies.

The article focuses on entrepreneurs and their business enterprises that help support the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Former biochemist Eric Morris established Redpaw, which creates high-performance dog food. Former nurse Louise Russell founded Dogbooties.com which manufactures nylon harnesses and other equipment for racing dogs. Trackleaders, established by mountain bikers Matthew Lee and Scott Morris, supplies Global Positioning System (GPS)-based technology for tracking the race.

The article presents information on National Football League (NFL) suppliers at a game between the New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, in November 2012. Athletic Decals supplies the New Orleans Saints with easy-to-remove adhesive vinyl decals. Gilman Gear supplies the New Orleans Saints with chains, tackling dummies, down markers and other field equipment.

The article takes an inside look at the 2012 Wrecking Ball tour of rock superstar Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band and the involvement of entrepreneurial companies. According to the author, since the start of the Wrecking Ball tour in March 2012, Springsteen and the E Street Band have played nearly 90 concerts in the U.S. and Europe.

The article focuses on how Louisville, Kentucky-based Hillerich & Bradsby manufactures its MLB Prime baseball bats.

The article focuses on Priority 1 Air Rescue, a Mesa, Arizona-based company that provides helicopter search-and-rescue and special operations training. The company trains first responders to perform search-and-rescue missions by helicopter in remote areas. It reveals that thousands of stranded hikers in parks are rescued around the country, often in mountainous areas that are hard to reach by foot.

The article reports that family-owned business Epic Construction rebuilt the boardwalk of the town of Belmar, New Jersey. Belmar was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in January 2013. The rebuilding of the boardwalk involved a crew of 58 carpenters, electricians, and dock builders. The new structure was designed to endure future hurricanes with the addition of 25-foot-long pilings and 14-inch stainless-steel hurricane straps fastened to joints.

The article discusses the harmful ingredients of cosmetics. It mentions the experience of actress Kristen Chenoweth to allergy from formaldehyde which was in the glue applied for her eyelash extension. It also notes that most hygiene and beauty products such as shampoos, cosmetics and body washes contain a list of possible dangerous chemicals including dioxane, phthalates and triclosan which can cause cancer, edocrine disruption and hormone disorders.

The article features Bill Legion, a businessman who pursued his dream to becoming an actor, with his first role was in the local production of "The Fantasticks."

The article focuses on the employment of graphic facilitators by companies to record their brainstorming ideas. Topics discussed include the statements of Grasshopper co-founder David Hauser on graphic facilitation, media and communication professor Martin Eppler on the efficiency of visuals in brainstorming, and graphic facilitator Sunni Brown on listening and sketching.

The article discusses concerns about how the Eastern Gulf Crude Access Pipeline, slated to begin operating in 2015, cuts through U.S. national forests that are home to threatened and endangered animal species.

The article focuses on the Global Soundscapes Sustainable Network, an organization founded by Purdue University landscape ecologist Bryan Pijanowski to help preserve natural soundscapes.

The article focuses on sloths' penchant for cacao plantations, according to research by Jonathan Pauli and Zach Peery, wildlife ecologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They have been observing brown-throated three-toed and Hoffmann's two-toed sloths at a cacao plantation in Costa Rica. They conclude that well-managed shade-grown crops such as cacao might be the key for maintaining biodiversity in the tropics.

The article offers information about Geckskin, a new kind of adhesive for clinging on surfaces.

The article focuses on the computer program StripeSpotter developed to identify individual zebras from a single photograph.

The article features the Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, a nonprofit organization that combines the efforts of researchers and extreme athletes to collect data for science. The organization was founded in 2011 by Gregg Treinish, who reveals that he wanted to do something more to preserve natural resources. One of the partnerships involved mountain climbers Willie and Damian Benegas who climbed mount Everest to gather plants for microbiologist Rusty Rodriguez.

The article discusses a research on eavesdropping behavior of male song sparrows from the University of Washington.

An interview with Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, is presented. Asked her introduction to the outdoors, she cites the time she spent at a family ranch in Lake County in Oakland, California. Regarding Outdoor Afro, she describes how her interest in connecting African-Americans to the outdoor by using social media to develop the concept. She says that African-Americans have a historical fear of the outdoors.

The article reports that the Ugandan Wildlife Authority has launched its Friend-A-Gorilla program to provide opportunity for the public to increase their understanding of several mountain gorillas through social networking sites, Twitter and Facebook, live video and geo-tracking.

The article focuses on a study led by K. Nicole Gibson published in the "American Journal of Primatology" which found that male spider monkey prefers to mate secretly to protect their territory from outsiders.

An interview with Tom Savory, a master falconer and owner of Avian Abatement Technologies, is presented.

The article explains the common trait between humans and hermit crabs, which is the desire for residences that have more space.

The article presents an interview on federal forensic ornithologist Pepper Trail in terms of the exotic bird species he has probed, knowing birds by their feathers, and probing a case involving smuggled Guyanese songbirds.

An interview with writer, musician and composer Paul D. Miller, also known as DJ Spooky, is presented, in which he talks about his "Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica" project, his goal in doing the project and the acoustics that could be experienced in Antarctica.

An interview with John O'Hurley, a partner in Nevada-based green energy company Energy-Inc., is presented. O'Hurley explained that Energy-Inc. creates integrated systems that convert waste to synthetic gas to power generators that could supply electricity to hospitals and businesses, as well as refining methane gas from landfills into a liquid fuel that burns cleaner than gasoline. He also confirmed that Energy-Inc. plans to build a plant in Elkhart County, Indiana because of the availability of skilled labor and empty manufacturing plants in the area.