Inari secures total of $145 million to advance corn, wheat, soybean seed research
Funding will help Inari enhance its 'toolbox' of seed technologies to reduce the world's agricultural footprint and increase crop and ...
Month: September 2020
How to get the upper body of a burrowing frog
Credit: Gregory Jongsma GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- You might think the buffest frogs would be high jumpers, but if you want ...
BASF and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill enter research partnership
Scientific collaboration between industry and academia to address global challengesCredit: UNC RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and CHAPEL HILL, NC, September ...
Tel Aviv University study sheds light on brain mechanism activated by uncertainty
Findings are relevant to an understanding of the neural mechanisms present in mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and ...
Differing diets of bonobo groups may offer insights into how culture is created
New study focuses on neighboring bands of one of our closest relativesCredit: the Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project/Liran Samuni Human societies ...
Words matter: Revealing ‘how’ restaurateurs land investors online
Study identifies effective linguistic styles for restaurant crowdfundingCredit: University of Houston Online crowdfunding is a multibillion dollar industry, but crafting ...
Kessler Foundation and Movendo partner to improve recovery after brain injury and stroke
Kessler Foundation integrates Movendo Technology's robotic platform hunova in rehabilitation research studies aimed at restoring balance in individuals with disabilities ...
NASA-NOAA satellite provides a nighttime view of new Atlantic tropical depression
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime view ...
Scientists shed new light on pollen tube growth in plants
New findings reveal the unexpected role of an enzyme called KATANIN in guiding the growth of pollen tubes in flowering ...
Scientists discover earliest fossil evidence of an insect lichen mimic
The discovery that a Jurassic moth lacewing mimicked a co-occurring fossil lichen to promote survival predates modern lichen-insect associations by ...
A surprising opportunity for telehealth in shaping the future of medicine
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Sept. 1, 2020 - Expanded telehealth services at UT Southwestern have proved effective ...
Awareness raising alone is not enough
Nature conservation policy too rarely succeeds in changing people's behaviourCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ It is a well-known problem: too rarely do ...
Miniature antenna enables robotic teaming in complex environments
Credit: U.S. Army photo ADELPHI, Md. -- A new, miniature, low-frequency antenna with enhanced bandwidth will enable robust networking among ...
NYUAD study finds gene targets to combat microorganisms binding to underwater surfaces
This study paves the way for the creation of new environmentally-friendly antifouling methodsCredit: NYUAD Abu Dhabi, UAE, September 1, 2020: ...
Misfiring brain cells may cause swallowing woes in children with developmental disorders
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal molecular roots of swallowing disorderCredit: Xin Wang & Anastas Popratiloff/George Washington University Misfiring brain ...
How to weigh a dinosaur
Researchers from the University of New England and Royal Ontario Museum shed new light on long-debated topic of dinosaur weightCredit: ...
Red fox displaces Arctic fox thanks to littering
Trash draws scavengers to places they might not otherwise goCredit: NINA, game camera Animal species that are at home in ...
Monitoring and reporting framework to protect World Heritage Sites from invasive species
A team of international scientists have devised a new monitoring and reporting framework to help protect World Heritage Sites from ...
UH Mānoa researchers predict location of novel candidate for mysterious dark energy
Credit: Volker Springel and the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of the universe ...
New Research Provides Solution for the ‘Dust Bowl Paradox’
Credit: Alan Knapp Almost 100 years ago, there was a strange, slow-motion takeover of the Great Plains. During the Dust ...
