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Using ‘shade balls’ in reservoirs may use up more water than they save
Credit: Eric Garcetti Preventing reservoir evaporation during droughts with floating balls may not help conserve water overall, due to the...
Particulate matter increases drought vulnerability of trees
Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Particulate matter deposits on leaves increase plant transpiration and the risk of plants suffering...
Missing bones and our understanding of ancient biodiversity
Credit: Tom Stubbs and Dan Driscoll Fossils come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from isolated fragments of bones and...
How our cells build different antennae to sense the world around us
Credit: Swadhin C. Jana Our body is made up of millions of cells that communicate with each other and with...
Friendlier fish may be quicker to take the bait
Credit: Jason DeBoer, Illinois Natural History Survey URBANA, Ill. - The bluegill on your dinner plate might have been more...
How to build efficient organic solar cells
(Linköping University) Twenty-five researchers from seven research institutes have put their heads together to draw up rules for designing high-efficiency...
Researchers find hidden signals in RNAs that regulate protein synthesis
Scientists have long known that RNA encodes instructions to make proteins. The building blocks that comprise RNA--A, U, C, and...
Getting to know the microbes that drive climate change
Credit: Scott Saleska COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new understanding of the microbes and viruses in the thawing permafrost in Sweden...
Startup innovates by developing IoT technology for forestry sector
Since its inception in 2016, Brazilian startup Treevia, based in Sao Jose dos Campos, São Paulo State, has been developing...
Study: Indigenous peoples own or manage at least one quarter of world’s land surface
Credit: Joan De La Malla NEW YORK (JULY 16, 2018) - Indigenous Peoples have ownership, use and management rights over...
Overcoming a major barrier to developing liquid biopsies
Credit: Sigrid Knemeyer, SciStories LLC ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The idea of testing blood or urine to find markers that...
Football training may preserve bone health in prostate cancer patients
Credit: Bo Kousgaard Androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer can lead to loss of muscle and bone...
Protecting ribosome genes to prevent aging
Credit: Silvana Paredes Aging is a process of gradual deterioration from exposure to time and the elements; this process begins...
Australia has a new venomous snake — And it may already be threatened
Credit: Bryan Fry The ink has not yet dried on a scientific paper describing a new species of snake, yet...
New tool to calculate ‘nitrogen footprint’ offers guide to pollution reduction
University of Melbourne researchers have helped create the first tool to calculate the 'nitrogen footprint' of an organisation. The tool...
How many people die from tuberculosis every year?
Credit: Garcia-Basteiro et al, 2018 The discrepancies between the estimates for global tuberculosis deaths by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Olfactory receptors have more functions than merely smell perception
Numerous studies to date have shown that olfactory receptors are relevant not only for smell perception, but that they also...
Traumatic brain injury biomarker shows promise to support rapid damage evaluation and predict outcomes
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, July 16, 2018 - A new study in The American Journal of Pathology...
A constellation of symptoms presages first definitive signs of multiple sclerosis
During the five years before people develop the first clinically recognized signs of multiple sclerosis (MS), they are up to...
Increased communication between hospitals improves patient care and survival rates
MINNEAPOLIS- July 16, 2018 - Well more than a million patients are transferred between hospitals each year in the U.S....
