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Optimally promoting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
Credit: (Photo: Fabian Boetzl) Due to modern agriculture, biodiversity across many species groups is in decline. Over the last three...
Post-COVID solutions to improve health in the US subject of new book by CUNY professor
Public virtual event hosted by the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy brings Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg into...
Mechanistic understanding of oxygen-redox processes in lithium-rich battery cathodes
Informing practical strategies towards higher energy density batteriesCredit: Dr Robert House, University of Oxford HARWELL, UK (1 March 2021) Scientists...
Scientists describe ‘hidden biodiversity crisis’ as variation within species is lost
Many of the benefits people receive from nature depend on diversity within species, but this intraspecific variation is poorly understood...
Natural product isolated from sea sponge tested against cancer cells
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) together with Russian and German colleagues, continue studying antitumor...
How a plant regulates its growth
Molecular mechanisms of polar growth in plantsCredit: U. Hammes / TUM Plants grow towards the light. This phenomenon, which already...
Metal whispering: Finding a better way to recover precious metals from electronic waste
Credit: Photo courtesy of Martin Thuo/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa - Inspired by nature's work to build spiky structures in...
The role of human behavior is critical for advancing comfort knowledge
The latest research and analysis on comfort and tips for creating a comfortable product, environment or system in product and...
Second order optical merons, or light pretending to be a ferromagnet
Credit: Source: Physics UW, M. Krol The scientists have demonstrated how to structure light such that its polarization behaves like...
NAU astronomer receives prestigious 2021 Cottrell Scholar Award
Tyler Robinson recognized for academic leadership, research quality and innovationCredit: Northern Arizona University A Northern Arizona University astronomer who studies...
New algorithm identifies ‘escaping’ cells in single-cell CRISPR screens
"Mixscape" tool uncovers new regulators of immune cell behaviorCredit: New York University/New York Genome Center A team of researchers from...
Vilcek Foundation allocates $150,000 for 2022 prizes honoring immigrant scientists
The Vilcek Foundation will award three prizes of $50,000 to early-career immigrant researchers in biomedical science in 2022Credit: The Vilcek...
Examining the impact of climate change on Siberia’s stores of permafrost
Northumbria University is to play a leading role in a major study to assess the long-term impact of global warming...
Lake turbidity mitigates impact of warming on walleyes in upper Midwest lakes
Credit: Gretchen Hansen, University of Minnesota Because walleyes are a cool-water fish species with a limited temperature tolerance, biologists expected...
Balanced T cell response key to avoiding COVID-19 symptoms, study suggests
Credit: ©2021 Le Bert et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20202617 By analyzing blood samples from individuals...
TU Graz on the way to becoming Austria’s first climate-neutral university
Climate action minister delighted with ambitious climate protection measuresCredit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Achieving "climate neutrality in Austria by...
Hydrogel injection may change the way the heart muscle heals after a heart attack
CÚRAM publishes new research on the potential of injectable hydrogels to repair heart muscle damage after a heart attackCredit: CÚRAM,...
Pre-schoolers frequently using tablet or mobile can’t see the forest for the trees
Children of the Alpha Generation (who has been born after 2010) typically grow up with mobile devices in their hands...
Princeton lab profiles histone mutational landscape of human cancers
Researchers complete the first comprehensive analysis of cancer-associated histone mutations in the human genome.Credit: Photo by C. Todd Reichart Researchers...
Genetic study uncovers hidden pieces of?eye disease?puzzle?
Credit: Community Eye Health (Flickr) Scientists have taken a significant step forward in their search for the origin of a...
