A new toxin in Cholera bacteria discovered by scientists in Umeå
(Umea University) Scientists from Umeå University have now discovered and characterised the structure and function of a so far unknown ...
How do tropical cyclones affect the air quality of Hong Kong?
Air quality is one of the major hot topics, receiving considerable attention from the public. Aside from emission sources, the ...
Clean power is not enough
Credit: PIK/Luderer&Wodinski Coal power versus wind and solar energy - debates about the Paris climate targets often centre around electricity ...
Why life on Earth first got big
Credit: Emily Mitchell Some of the earliest complex organisms on Earth - possibly some of the earliest animals to exist ...
Enzyme boost could hasten production of biofuels and other bioprocessed materials
This could lead to cheaper and more environmentally friendly biofuel production and more efficient plastic recycling. Bioprocessing, which uses living ...
New mechanism for the plant hormone auxin discovered
Credit: Matouš Glanc Auxin is a hormone that is essential for the development of plants as it controls a wide ...
‘Electrogeochemistry’ captures carbon, produces fuel, offsets ocean acidification
Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius will require not only reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, but also active removal ...
Monarchs ride west coast winds: Proof of butterfly migration gathered
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - After five years and nearly 15,000 tagged butterflies, scientists now have proof that Monarch butterflies ...
Skeleton formation in young corals documented for first time in multidisciplinary study
The skeleton formed by a coral plays a key role in the storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Previous studies have ...
New catalyst upgrades carbon dioxide to fuels found by USTC
Credit: ZHUANG Taotao Liquid multi-carbon alcohols such as ethanol and n-propanol are desired as renewable transportation fuels. They offer high ...
New wasps named after Crocodile Dundee and Toblerone amongst 17 new genera and 29 species
Credit: Jose Fernandez-Triana A total of 17 new genera and 29 new species of parasitoid wasps were identified following a ...
The UAB to gather worldwide experts on degrowth and environmental justice
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) will become a global hub of ...
Concern over low vitamin D intakes among UK South Asians
Public health strategies are urgently required to tackle low intakes of vitamin D in the UK South-Asian population, finds a ...
Simon Cherry, Ph.D., receives SNMMI 2018 Paul C. Aebersold Award in Nuclear Medicine Science
Credit: UC Davis, Davis, Calif. PHILADELPHIA - Simon R. Cherry, PhD, Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Davis, has ...
Richard L. Wahl, M.D., receives SNMMI 2018 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO Richard L. Wahl, MD, FACNM, FACR, has been named this ...
Researchers work toward systematic assessment of climate models
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences A research team based at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., has published ...
In the brain, dislike and dehumanization are not the same thing
During the past week, the news has brought us difficult images and sounds: Migrant and refugee children huddled in steel ...
WSU researchers establish new tool to study Cryptosporidium in healthy tissues
PULLMAN, WA - Washington State University researchers have developed a new approach for studying Cryptosporidium, a waterborne gastrointestinal parasite now ...
New technology transforming blood & stem cell collection
A new cord blood processing technology, Toticyte, developed by the UK's leading blood cord bank, Cells4life, has been launched to ...
Youth need different approach to type 2 diabetes treatment
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado A major study has found that medicines used to treat diabetes in adults are not effective ...
