Disaster recovery requires rebuilding livelihoods
Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability The short-term losses people suffer when natural disasters strike can...
New centre to build wine industry’s competitive edge
Defining Australian wines' unique flavours, making vines more robust, defeating disease and introducing more innovation to winemaking are among the...
Study examines how pathogens affect bird migration
Whether long-distance animal migration facilitates or hampers pathogen transmission depends on how infections affect the routes and timing of migrating...
Restricting unwanted immune reactions
Credit: Vogl et al./ J. Clin. Invest. In the body, the immune system often begins its response to various attackers...
Male vervet monkeys use punishment and coercion to de-escalate costly intergroup fights
Credit: Jean Arseneau-Robar, UZH Male vervet monkeys attack members of their own group to prevent them from escalating intergroup encounters...
NUST MISIS scientists prove the toxicity of silver nanoparticles
Credit: © NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists and their colleagues from the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have proved the...
Scientists stunned by decline of birds during epic Southern African roadtrip
Credit: Beckie Garbett A two year project to repeat a famous bird survey by driving over 20, 000km in a...
World’s most efficient production of succinate from carbon dioxide
Credit: Kobe University Succinate is widely used as a raw ingredient for petrochemicals, and there is high demand for a...
Medical departments of Kazan University work on treatments for hereditary pathologies
Newest results were showcased at the International Myology School in Moscow on 16th - 19th May 2018. KFU was represented...
Strengthening indigenous Arctic voices in IPBES’ Global Biodiversity Assessment 2019
Credit: Jan Miko Helsinki, Finland -- The University of Helsinki hosts a groundbreaking dialogue meeting Wednesday-Thursday June 6-7 bringing together...
As mystery deepens over the cause of Alzheimer’s, a UB lab seeks new answers
Credit: Credit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For more than 20 years, much of the leading research on...
Avoiding catastrophe: Yeast study reveals clues to maintaining genome size
Credit: Jovana Drinjakovic and Tina Sing As cells divide, they must accurately split their DNA between the two daughter cells...
Simpler model gets to the point with proteins
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 6, 2018) - Computational models have come a long way in their ability...
Wellcome Sanger Institute sequences reference genomes of 3,000 dangerous bacteria
HINXTON, U.K. and MENLO PARK, Calif. - The genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including some of the world's most...
Scientists work to dissolve the NETs that worsen TBI damage
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2018) - Immune cells that are first responders to...
Breeding better Brazilian rice
Credit: Ariano de Magalhães Júnior. Outside Asia, no other country produces as much rice as does Brazil. It is the...
Flexible solar cells: Will they someday power your devices?
Will you ever be able to charge your mobile device, car and even clothing with flexible solar cells? Researchers at...
Vermont start-up’s small packets a big deal for energy industry
Credit: Brian Jenkins It's been a whirlwind few months for Packetized Energy, the energy sector start-up spun off from a...
Lab-grown neurons improve breathing in rodents after spinal cord injury
Credit: Drexel University Researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Austin improved respiratory function...
Want to optimize your caffeine level? Army researchers created an app for that
Credit: Lt. Col. John Hall/Army It's 9 a.m. and you're facing a dilemma: should I have a second cup of...
