Kevin Wheeler
Reporter, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
@kdub_333Kevin Wheeler, based in Peekskill, NY, covers Life Sciences and Physical Sciences for The Academic Times. Prior to that, Kevin wrote for Audubon Magazine, USA Today and KUT Public Media in Austin, Texas. He won the William J. Rowley Award for journalistic writing at the University at Albany. He graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2018.
A new analysis of emissions from ethane, which are tied to methane emissions and largely attributable to oil and gas companies, shows that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is underestimating methane generated by the industry by 46% to 76%.
Researchers from Yale University and Yale School of Medicine have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to resist viral infection and undesirable gene transfer, opening up new pathways for medical research as well as better production of medicines, chemicals and numerous other products derived from biological sources.
Wind currents may shape tree genetics more than previously thought, with implications for the future of trees in the midst of climate change because pollen from those adapted to specific environments can reach distant areas where it may be unfavorable to other populations.
Florida researchers have taken an important step toward combating a deadly disease devastating crops around the U.S. by developing a viral vector that generates a response without changing a citrus plant's genome.
A yacht that sank almost 80 years ago has drastically altered the microbiome of its seafloor environment, raising questions about the role of artificial features, such as shipwrecks and oil rigs, in promoting habitat growth.
Mammalian tracksites dating back to the Paleocene epoch are extremely rare, and researchers have just uncovered the largest one ever described, pushing back the evolutionary timeline of mammals by millions of years.
Researchers have detected the chemical process that formaldehyde goes through to become formic acid, one of the most common acids found in the atmosphere, marking an important step in understanding the function of atmospheric acids. A new analysis of projected fire scenarios shows that the number and extent of wildfires will decrease worldwide later this century amid rising precipitation, population density and gross domestic products — but with a few concerning catches, as deforestation fires are still set to increase in some areas.