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Important bio-chemical produced on a large scale by E.coli
Credit: Colourbox If you had a company that manufactured valuable ingredients for chemicals like detergens or paint, you would probably...
A research framework for tracing human migration events after ‘out of Africa’ origins
As more DNA sequencing data continues to become available, including extinct hominids, a new human origins study has been performed...
University of Guelph researchers identify monarch butterfly birthplaces to help conserve species
Credit: Stock University of Guelph researchers have pinpointed the North American birthplaces of migratory monarch butterflies that overwinter in Mexico,...
Dual-purpose biofuel crops could extend production, increase profits
Credit: Haley Ahlers/PETROSS Today many biofuel refineries operate for only seven months each year, turning freshly harvested crops into ethanol...
Killing time: Study sheds light on phages and precision cell destruction
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Phage therapy, which exploits the ability of certain viruses to infect and replicate within bacteria,...
IUPUI-based engineering startup receives $225K NSF grant to improve hydrogen fuel storage
INDIANAPOLIS -- A startup based on work conducted at the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis...
New technology will cut plug-in hybrid fuel consumption by one third
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have taken inspiration from biological evolution and...
ACC.17 media registration open; important dates announced
The 66th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology will be March 17-19, 2017, at the Walter E....
UTA researcher shows computer users are overconfident when dealing with junk emails
Credit: UT Arlington UTA researchers show in a new study that people's confidence actually exceeds what they can achieve when...
University of South Carolina researchers discover new subtype of cervical cancer
Credit: Carolyn Banister/University of South Carolina A team of University of South Carolina scientists led by Carolyn Banister and Phillip...
Next-generation optics offer the widest real-time views of vast regions of the sun
Credit: Big Bear Solar Observatory A groundbreaking new optical device, developed at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) to correct...
$10 million CDC grant funds center to fight vector-borne diseases
Managing mosquito-borne viruses, such as West Nile, Dengue, Zika and tick-borne Lyme disease have been a challenge due to lack...
New molecular discovery may help identify drug therapies to prevent dementia
Rutgers University scientists have discovered a molecular pathway in the brain that may help provide answers to long-term memory problems...
For viral predators of bacteria, sensitivity can be contagious
Credit: (Hebrew University / Cell) Bacteriophages (phages) are probably the most abundant entities in nature, often exceeding bacterial densities by...
Penn paleobiologist Lauren Sallan selected as a 2017 TED Fellow
Credit: University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania's Lauren Sallan, an assistant professor in the School of Arts & Sciences'...
Meet Canada’s ‘poop lady’
Credit: Catherine Girard They call her the "poop lady." Way up north in Canada's Resolute Bay, an Arctic hamlet of...
Pretty in pink: Some algae like it cold
Credit: UC's Jeff Havig It may look pretty, but the swaths of delicately-colored, pretty "precipitation" may lead to an increase...
UMD researchers share optimistic vision for Paris Climate Agreement
Credit: Springer Climate, 2017 In December 2015, the world's nations negotiated the Paris Climate Agreement, which seeks to limit global...
TSRI signs collaboration agreement with Pfizer to advance DNA-encoded library technology
LA JOLLA, CA - January 10, 2017 - The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), a leading non-profit biomedical research institute, today...
Researchers reveal connection between female estrogen cycle and cocaine addiction
Hormonal fluctuations women undergo make them particularly sensitive, compared to men, to the addictive properties of cocaine, according to a...
