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Yale announces collaboration with WBCSD to improve corporate reporting
Recognizing the critical role that private capital flows will play in moving society toward a more sustainable future, Yale University...
Cornell’s Center for Materials Research’s NSF funding extended, increased
The Cornell Center for Materials Research - which through research and education is enhancing national capabilities in science, technology, engineering,...
A global perspective: Can humans mitigate risks associated with natural disasters?
Credit: World Scientific No corner of the world has escaped unscathed from climate change. The recent unprecedented increase in natural...
First large scale study of cocaine users leads to breakthrough in drug testing
Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a rapid and highly sensitive fingerprint test that can take just seconds...
Our weight tells how we assess food
"It can be considered an instance of 'embodiment' in which our brain interacts with our body". This is the comment...
Multi-gene test predicts Alzheimer’s better than APOE E4 alone
A new test that combines the effects of more than two dozen genetic variants, most associated by themselves with only...
Seven exciting studies on membrane technologies explained
Credit: World Scientific With an increasing demand for clean energy due to environmental concerns, natural gas has emerged as a...
Fires in Australia pop up in places already burned
Credit: NOAA/NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Fires that span across the Northern Territory and Western Australia...
New gene delivery approach could allow long-term persistence in proliferating cells
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 22, 2017 -- Researchers added a scaffold/matrix attachment region (S/MAR)...
NYU dentistry study pinpoints role of proteins that produce pearls
Pearls are among nature's most beautiful creations, and have been treasured for countless centuries. Beneath one's iridescent surface lies a...
700 years old saint myth has been proven (almost) true
Scientists confirm that the age and content of an old sack is in accordance with a medieval myth about Saint...
UCI scientists identify important aspect of the brain’s navigational system
The ability to successfully navigate in the environment is essential both for animals searching for food or escaping predators, as...
HSE scholars measure prestige of fashion models
Beginning models should choose independent magazines in order to be successful in the fashion industry, but they should also keep...
700-year-old saint myth has been proven (almost) true
Scientists confirm that the age and content of an old sack is in accordance with a medieval myth about Saint...
Crowning the ‘King of the Crops’: Sequencing the white Guinea yam genome
Credit: Creative Commons by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Licensed with CC BY NC 2.0 An international collaboration involving the...
Antibiotics and biocidal cleaners may spread multidrug resistance in MRSA
Washington, DC - Sept. 22, 2017 - Antibiotic use on people or pets, and use of biocidal cleaning products such...
Rainbow colors reveal cell history
(Technische Universität Dresden) Dr. Nikolay Ninov, group leader at the DFG research center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence...
USDA announces funding for nutrition incentive programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sept. 22, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)...
Breathing dirty air may harm kidneys
Outdoor air pollution has long been linked to major health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and chronic...
Alternative splicing, an important mechanism for cancer
Barcelona, 21 September 2017 - Cancer, which is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, arises from the disruption...
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