UChicago researchers find simple way to massively improve crop loss simulations
Credit: Library of Congress Droughts or heat waves have consequences that spread beyond farmers anxiously watching their fields; these fluctuations ...
Month: November 2018
Helping to transport proteins inside the cell
Credit: Image: ?ukasz Opali?ski, Becker research lab The research labs of the associate professor (Privatdozent) Dr. Thomas Becker and Prof. ...
Sugar supplement slows tumor growth and can improve cancer treatment
Mannose sugar, a nutritional supplement, can both slow tumour growth and enhance the effects of chemotherapy in mice with multiple ...
MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts
Since the first airplane took flight over 100 years ago, virtually every aircraft in the sky has flown with the ...
Capturing the frugal beauty of complex natural tessellations
Credit: Courtesy: SIGGRAPH ASIA Surface tessellations are an arrangement of shapes which are tightly fitted, and form repeat patterns on ...
New insight into molecular processes
Credit: Illustration: Lukas Bruder A research team headed by Prof. Dr. Frank Stienkemeier and Dr. Lukas Bruder of the University ...
Wild coffee plants, Christmas trees and chocolate’s tree are surprisingly poorly protected
Credit: Neil Palmer Headlines about threatened plant species often focus on hardwood plundered from the Amazon or obscure plants known ...
Scientists developed enzymes with remote control
Credit: ITMO University Scientists developed a method to enhance the activity of enzymes by using radio frequency radiation. The method ...
‘Longevity Protein’ rejuvenates muscle healing in old mice
Credit: Sahu et al. (2018), Nature Communications PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21, 2018 - One of the downsides to getting older is ...
Army scientists revolutionize cybersecurity through quantum research
Credit: (US Army Photo by Jhi Scott) Scientists at the RDECOM Research Laboratory, the Army's corporate research laboratory (ARL) have ...
Researchers defy 19th-century law of physics in 21st century boost for energy efficiency
Credit: University of Sussex Research led by a University of Sussex scientist has turned a 156-year-old law of physics on ...
Capturing the frugal beauty of complex natural tessallations
Credit: Courtesy: SIGGRAPH ASIA Surface tessellations are an arrangement of shapes which are tightly fitted, and form repeat patterns on ...
NASA sees Tropical Storm Man-yi approaching typhoon strength Tropical Storm Man-Yi con
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Storm Man-Yi continued to strengthen in the ...
NASA sees tropical depression 33W enter the Sulu Sea
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Depression 33W moved through the central Philippines and ...
Plant root hairs form outward due to shank hardening
Credit: Dr. Masahiko Sato A group of international researchers has discovered how plant root hair grows straight and long. Many ...
Professors use whale earwax to reconstruct whale stress levels spanning 150 years
Credit: Robert Rogers, Baylor University WACO, Texas (Nov. 20, 2018) -- In a follow-up to their groundbreaking study, Baylor researchers ...
Dramatic change in seabirds’ winter food source over past 30 years
Credit: Gary Howells The availability of a key prey for seabirds has changed dramatically over the past three decades, particularly ...
Sex in a world of fear: Scared rodents produce more offspring
Credit: Alwin Hardenbol Rodent mothers produce more offspring after smelling odors produced by frightened males. This is reported by a ...
New technique improves efficiency and accuracy of single cell RNA sequencing
In the era of personalized medicine, scientists are using new genetic and genomic insights to help them determine the best ...
Screening tools can miss sepsis in pregnancy; study urges action
A woman lies in her hospital bed. Her heart rate is elevated, she has a slight fever and an elevated ...
