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Greater transparency needed over lobbyist influence on UK renewable energy schemes
Greater transparency is needed to understand the influence of lobbyists when delivering crucial renewable energy schemes in the UK, new...
Cycling lanes, not cyclists, reduce fatalities for all road users
Roads are safer for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists in cities with robust bike facilitiesCredit: CU Denver In the most comprehensive...
HGF-inhibitory macrocyclic peptide — mechanisms and potential cancer theranostics
Credit: Kanazawa University Background Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF)*1) is a protein that acts as a cell growth factor. By binding...
Study sheds new light on the harms of air pollution
University at Buffalo research reveals how fluctuating air pollution at the Beijing Olympics affected local residents' bodies at the level...
Particles, Fields and Forces
Quantum field theory without the mathematics!Credit: Springer Nature Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model of particle physics are theories...
Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders
Lipid discovered in soil-dwelling bacteria helps explain 'hygiene hypothesis'Credit: CU Boulder Thirty years after scientists coined the term "hygiene hypothesis"...
Artificial intelligence boosts proteome research
Machine learning makes proteomics research more effectiveCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM Using artificial intelligence, researchers at the Technical University of...
Coral reefs can’t return from acid trip
A new study published today in Nature Climate Change finds coral reefs are under threat from ocean acidification. The study...
Clean air taxis cut pollution in New York City: Study
New York City Clean Air Taxi rules are successful in cutting emissions and reducing air pollution, according to a new...
Lifting the lid on bladder cancer support
Flinders University develops new urology care modelCredit: Flinders University Bladder cancer is a painful and sometimes life-threatening condition that patients...
Self-harm images on Instagram associated with subsequent self-harm in viewers
Research has documented the widespread availability of graphic images of self-harm, such as cuttings, on the photo-sharing platform Instagram. After...
Recovery twice as hard for survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Nearly 90 per cent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survive, yet the same treatments that save their life...
First-class protein research: New research training group established at MLU
Credit: MLU / Maike Glöckner A new research training group will start conducting research on proteins at the Martin Luther...
Researchers identify new roles for common oncogene MYC
Credit: Kamini Singh/Hans-Guido Wendel Cancer researchers have discovered surprising new functions for a protein called MYC, a powerful oncogene that...
Graphene to enable future space exploration
EU-funded 'Graphene Flagship' project completes zero-gravity experimentsCredit: Graphene Flagship Researchers embark on zero-gravity parabolic flights to test novel graphene-based thermal...
Aubrey de Grey to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D., CSO, SENS Research Foundation; VP of New Technology Discovery, AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., to present at the...
The University of Cordoba guides plants towards obtaining iron
Credit: University of Córdoba The calcareous soils that pervade the southern region of the country pose a challenge for plants:...
All ears: Genetic bases of mammalian inner ear evolution
Mammals have adapted to live in the darkest of caves and the deepest oceans, and from the highest mountains to...
Outstanding university computing students recognized
Promising computer science students receive travel grants to present their work at major conferences New York, NY, May 29, 2019...
Self-healing DNA nanostructures
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00888 DNA assembled into nanostructures such as tubes and origami-inspired shapes could someday...
