Food withdrawal results in stabilization of important tumor suppressor
Tumor suppressors stop healthy cells from becoming cancerous. Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Medical University of Graz and...
Food supplement may be key to treatment of rare disease
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that a popular food supplement called phosphatidylserine may be instrumental in reversing the...
Report finds additional radioactive materials in gas-well drill cuttings
Credit: American Chemical Society Hydraulic fracturing has boosted U.S. energy production while coming under scrutiny for its potential environmental impacts,...
Fish sperm race for reproductive success
Loading video... Credit: Photo: Jarle Tryti Nordeide Norwegian researchers show that the sperm of Arctic char, a cold-water fish common...
AZTI to coordinate scientific advisory services to the EC on fishing outside the EU waters
Credit: AZTI The aim of the framework contract is to provide the European Commission the scientific advice they need in...
Scientists crack genetic code determining leaf shape in cotton
Credit: Vasu Kuraparthy Researchers know that the variation in leaf shapes can mean big differences in a farmer's bottom line....
Innovative proposal in the wind energy sector won the APREN Award
Credit: APREN Renewable energy was responsible for producing this year around 59% of the total amount of electricity in Portugal...
Rejuvenating the brain’s disposal system
Heidelberg, 21 December 2016 - A characteristic feature of Alzheimer's disease is the presence of so called amyloid plaques in...
Artificial leaf as mini-factory for drugs
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke To produce drugs sustainably and cheaply, anywhere you want. Whether in the middle of the jungle...
The dirt on packaged rhino beetles
Credit: Aubrey Moore Bags of potting soil have become love hotels and nurseries for the highly invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle...
133 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2016
Credit: © Luiz Rocha SAN FRANCISCO (December 21, 2016) -- In 2016, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added...
New instrumentation for research
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is funding new instrumentation for various fields of knowledge-driven research through two calls....
Chemistry research breakthrough that could improve nuclear waste recycling technologies
Researchers from The University of Manchester have taken a major step forward by describing the quantitative modelling of the electronic...
New ultrasound technique is first to image inside live cells
Credit: University of Nottingham Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a break-through technique that uses sound rather than...
Magnetic force pulls baby reef fish back home
Baby reef fish have an internal magnetic 'compass' that directs them home at night, world-first research has revealed. Professor Mike...
Researchers reveal the secret code language of bacteria
Credit: Associate Professor Ditlev E. Brodersen Antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria is a growing global challenge. Danish researchers have now...
Hawaii’s newest species named in honor of President Obama
Credit: Brian Skerry / National Geographic Today, scientists from the Bishop Museum, NOAA, and the Association for Marine Exploration published...
Biomarker for oxidative stress plays a major role in hepatic inflammation
Credit: CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Diet-related diseases like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease...
The luxury of causality: Parallel Intelligence, a proposed move toward the intelligent future
Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning - from the real world. Nine months ago, a computer beat one of the world's...
ANU helps find supercluster of galaxies near Milky Way
Credit: Supplied by the research team The Australian National University (ANU) is part of an international team of astronomers that...
