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November 8, 2025

Researchers tackle methane emissions with gas-guzzling bacteria

An international research team co-led by a Monash biologist has shown that methane-oxidising bacteria - key organisms responsible for greenhouse...

Soybean rust develops ‘rolling’ epidemics as spores travel north

Credit: Glen Hartman URBANA, Ill. - Although Midwestern soybean growers have yet to experience the brunt of soybean rust, growers...

Stabilizing TREM2 — a potential strategy to combat Alzheimer’s disease

Heidelberg, 30 August 2017 - A gene called triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2, or TREM2, has been associated...

Hope for improving protection of the reticulated python

Credit: Mark Auliya, UFZ Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are...

Two-stage approach to risk-reducing mastectomy improves results for women with large breasts

Aug. 29, 2017 - For women undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, reconstruction can be challenging in those with...

Expanding the reach of therapeutic antibodies

Credit: Camilla De Nardis, Linda J. A. Hendriks, Emilie Poirier, Tudor Arvinte, Piet Gros, Alexander B. H. Bakker and John...

Designing novel biologic agents to target colorectal cancer

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 28, 2017--New biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies...

HPV vaccination rates especially low among childhood cancer survivors

ASCO Perspective Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, ASCO Expert in Cancer Survivorship "More than ever before, young cancer survivors are living...

How new blood vessels sprout

Credit: IBS New blood vessels branch out of preexisting ones is via a process called angiogenesis. Although this is essential...

Pathway’s power to boost, halt tumors may be promising cancer therapy target

A protein, called inositol-requiring enzyme 1 -- IRE1 -- may serve as a key driver in a series of molecular...

Tears in tiny bone cells called osteocytes appear an important step to better bones

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 29, 2017) - The force gravity and physical activity put...

Pinpointing the origins of autism

Credit: Ludmer Centre The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the...

NTU scientists use brewery waste to grow yeast needed for beer making

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a new process to turn spent brewery...

Sense of smell is key factor in bird navigation, new study shows

How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists...

Federal preemption of taxes on state and local sugar-sweetened beverages is not warranted

Credit: (None required.) NEW YORK and BOSTON (Aug. 29, 2017)--Federal, state, and local governments each have a role to play...

Rise of male individuals in stingless bees colonies leads to queen’s death

Credit: Ayrton Vollet-Neto / University of São Paulo Queens of stingless bee species (Meliponini) face a reproductive dilemma. If they...

Lasers zap decontaminates from soil

Credit: AIP Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2017 -- There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated...

Processed food: What Big Food doesn’t want you to know and its critics won’t tell you

Every food decision we make involves a trade-off of some kind. A healthy option might not be the most environmentally-friendly;...

Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial solar cells

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial...

Bowel cancer study reveals impact of mutations on protein networks