Illinois team significantly improves BioCro software for growing virtual crops
A team from the University of Illinois has revamped the popular crop growth simulation software BioCro, making it a more ...
Month: February 2022
Fighting COVID-19 with milk?
Philadelphia, February 28, 2022 – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives around the world, dairy scientists may have ...
Discovery of an innate immunological memory in the intestine
The innate immune system plays a crucial role in regulating host-microbe interactions, and especially in providing protection against pathogens that ...
Anhydrous ammonia: The gas that provides (almost) all of our food? (video)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2022 — Anhydrous ammonia can cause headline-grabbing disasters, but it’s also responsible for 50% of the food ...
Ring my string: Building silicon nano-strings
Tightening a string, e.g. when tuning a guitar, makes it vibrate faster. But when strings are nano-sized, increased tension also ...
IOS Press announces the launch of the Journal of Smart Cities and Society
Amsterdam, February 28, 2022 – IOS Press, an international scientific, technical, medical publisher, is pleased to announce publication of the ...
Metasurface-based antenna turns ambient radio waves into electric power
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new metasurface-based antenna that represents an important step toward making it practical to harvest ...
How a two-faced molecule can silence problematic genes
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) develop a hybrid technology to safely and effectively silence disease-causing genes in ...
Trees may benefit from earlier start of growing season in cold humid areas
A research group led by Prof. LIANG Eryuan from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) of the Chinese Academy ...
City of Hope and Osel announce live biotherapeutic product CBM588 may enhance efficacy of immunotherapy for patients with metastatic kidney cancer
LOS ANGELES and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in ...
Elephant seal’s map sense tells them when to head ‘home’
Each year, pregnant female elephant seals take an approximately 240-day trek over 10,000 kilometers across the Eastern North Pacific Ocean ...
Ergonomic chair based on the innovation by Lithuanian researchers might help reduce back pain
Soon, people working sedentary jobs will be able to take advantage of the innovation created by Lithuanians and prevent troublesome ...
Mineralization of amber insects provides new view of amber taphonomy
Inclusions in amber can preserve organisms' organs, tissues and cells in high fidelity, and are known as "exceptionally preserved" fossils.Credit: ...
Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf
The almost 11 cm high figurine from Willendorf is one of the most important examples of early art in Europe. ...
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