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Treated carbon pulls radioactive elements from water
Credit: Kazan Federal University Researchers at Rice University and Kazan Federal University in Russia have found a way to extract...
‘FishTaco’ sorts out who is doing what in your microbiome
A growing body of evidence indicates that the trillions of microbes that live on and inside our bodies affect our...
Seeking structure with metagenome sequences
Credit: Image of Great Boiling Spring by Brian Hedlund, UNLV. Protein structure and composite image by Sergey Ovchinnikov, UW For...
System links data scattered across files, for easy querying
The age of big data has seen a host of new techniques for analyzing large data sets. But before any...
New genetic engineering technique could help design, study biological systems
Credit: Robert Boston A new technique will help biologists tinker with genes, whether the goal is to turn cells into...
Breast cancer prognosis of African-American patients may improve with chemotherapy before surgery
ATLANTA--Administering chemotherapy to African-American breast cancer patients prior to surgery could improve their prognosis and survival rates from the disease,...
New, old science combine to make faster medical test
Credit: Courtesy University of Central Florida A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than...
Team discovers how bacteria exploit a chink in the body’s armor
Credit: Photo courtesy the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have discovered how a unique...
New book explores why the discovery of sex in plants took so long
Credit: Oxford University Press Sexual reproduction in animals has been recognized since ancient times and used in the breeding of...
How much drought can a forest take?
Credit: USFS Region 5 Why do some trees die in a drought and others don't? And how can we predict...
USDA announces $8.8 million available for agricultural programs at Hispanic serving institutions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced availability...
USDA invests $13.6 million in citrus greening research
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...
Queen’s researcher publishes new findings on how plants manage immune response
KINGSTON - New research, being published tomorrow in the journal Science, has uncovered a previously unknown means by which plants...
Scientists uncover the genetic history of cocoa in Brazil
The saga of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) in southern Bahia is part of Brazil's economic and cultural history. Brazil was once...
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