An effective way to eliminate atrazine and its by-products in surface water
Atrazine, widely used as a weedkiller, is known to have harmful effects on aquatic wildlife and presents a risk to ...
Scientists show molecular basis for ants acting as ‘bodyguards’ for plants
Credit: G. A. Miller TORONTO, ON - Though you might not think of ants as formidable bodyguards, some do an ...
RNA discovery could help boost plant heat, drought tolerance
Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife Research DALLAS -- Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have discovered a ribonucleic acid, or RNA, that ...
Effects of changing tillage practices on sugar beets presented
Changing tillage practices can help the environment and reduce costs, according to a study in Montana. Chengci Chen, Montana State, ...
‘Smart meters need a rapid rethink,’ say Bath researchers
The official UK smart meter network was switched on in November 2016 and since then smart meter devices have been ...
Connecting plants and society: The Shenzhen Declaration, a new roadmap for plant sciences
Credit: his image is designed for the Shenzhen Declaration on Plant Sciences by Genlin Jiao, Alice Tangerini and Jun Wen. ...
Welfare of zoo animals set to improve
The wellbeing of zoological animals is set to improve following the successful trial of a new welfare assessment grid, a ...
Fuel from waste and electricity?
Credit: UFZ / André Künzelmann Technologies that allow the preservation of scarce fossil resources will pave the way towards resource ...
Cells programmed like computers to fight disease
Credit: Professor Jaramillo/University of Warwick Cells can be programmed like a computer to fight cancer, influenza and other serious health ...
More efficient use of raw materials with the aid of ‘molecular conveyor belts’
Credit: GU FRANKFURT. Making valuable products, such as fuels, synthetic materials or pharmaceuticals, from renewable raw materials is to date ...
‘Confusion and resistance’ slows down UK smart meter rollout
Credit: Image by Benjamin Sovacool Lack of consumer engagement, insufficient information, and inadequate attention to vulnerability has slowed down the ...
Altitude training for cancer-fighting cells
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Mountain climbers and endurance athletes are not the only ones to benefit from altitude training ...
How bacteria hinder chemotherapy
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science To the reasons that chemotherapy sometimes does not work, we can now add one more: ...
Sheep gene insights could help farmers breed healthier animals
Credit: The Roslin Institute Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health ...
Suffocation risk from small hard sugar balls
The critical size for schoolchildren is roughly a diameter of 40 mm, as a hard sugar ball of this size ...
HIV-AIDS: Following your gut
Montreal, Sept. 18, 2017 - Researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have discovered a way to ...
A new approach to high insulin levels
Credit: Pierre Maechler / UNIGE Diabetes is characterised by a deficiency of insulin. The opposite is the case in congenital ...
Membrane vesicles released by bacteria may play different roles during infection
Credit: Akemi Takade, Kyushu University, Japan Bacteria release membrane-derived vesicles (MVs), which are small particles that can transport virulence factors ...
A fat-regulating enzyme could hold the key to obesity, diabetes, cancer, other diseases
Credit: Gil-Soo Han/Rutgers University-New Brunswick It had already been known that the enzyme known as phosphatidic acid phosphatase plays a ...
5,000 deaths annually from dieselgate in Europe
Credit: Jonson et al 2017 Since the late 1990s the share of diesel cars in the EU has risen to ...
