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Dragonflies, mayflies and caddisflies may be small, but their appearance could signal a big comeback for the beleaguered rivers of...

The co-occurrence of cancer driver genes, key to precision medicine

Researchers from the Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology Laboratory at IRB Barcelona develop a system to predict tumour response to...

Researchers find new way to protect plants from fungal infection

Credit: Perino et al. in Phytopathology Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that...

Ecologists confirm Alan Turing’s theory for Australian fairy circles

International research team led by Göttingen University shows patterned vegetation regenerates by "ecosystem engineering" of the grassesCredit: S Getzin, University...

Wels catfish genome assembled

Credit: Anti Vasemägi/EMÜ An international research team led by scientists from Estonian University of Life Sciences has for the first...

CSU secures $3.1 million from NIH to advance SolaVAX coronavirus vaccine research

Credit: Ron Bend/Colorado State University A team of scientists at Colorado State University was awarded a base contract worth $3.1...

ALSA Ventures closes US $59 million European Biotech Venture Capital Fund

ALSA Ventures today announced first closing of its European biotechnology investment fund with commitments of US$59M.Credit: ALSA Ventures London, UK...

BioCanRx invests $10 million in promising new cancer immunotherapy research and biomanufacturing

Funding will move novel cancer technologies from the lab to the clinicCredit: BioCanRx OTTAWA, ON (Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 8...

Thin and ultra-fast photodetector sees the full spectrum

Researchers have developed the world's first photodetector that can see all shades of light, in a prototype device that radically...

Cincinnati Children’s scientists identify hormone that might help treat malabsorption

Human intestinal organoids grown from stem cells used to model congenital disorder in babiesCredit: Heather A. McCauley, PhD/Cincinnati Children's Hospital...

Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19

Credit: CDC Researchers around the world are a step closer to a better understanding of the intricacies of COVID-19 thanks...

New drug candidate found for hand, foot and mouth disease

Targeting RNA with small molecules could pave the way for new antiviralsCredit: Courtesy of the Hargrove lab DURHAM, N.C. --...

Diabetes dramatically reduces the kidney’s ability clean itself

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (September 22, 2020) - The kidneys often become bulky and dysfunctional in...

Dr. Malene Hansen receives 2020 BIG Award

Hansen is the first scientist to receive grants in four different award categories offered by AFARCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical...

40% of O’ahu, Hawai’i beaches could be lost by mid-century

Credit: Kammie Tavares The reactive and piecemeal approach historically used to manage beaches in Hawai'i has failed to protect them....

E. coli bacteria offer path to improving photosynthesis

Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University scientists have engineered a key plant enzyme and introduced it in Escherichia...

Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T physics

3D nonlinear ferro-fluid-based hyperbolic metamaterials may contribute to ultra-fast all-optical hyper-computingCredit: V. Smolyaninova et al., doi 10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056001 Metamaterials--nanoengineered structures designed...

Earth MRI funds critical minerals projects in twenty-one states

A total of $7.97 million will fund new research and preserve important data across the NationCredit: USGS The U.S. Geological...

Researchers combine photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging in tiny package

New microendoscope poised to advance our understanding of the brainCredit: Emmanuel Bossy, CNRS/ Université Grenobe Alpes Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique...

New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine