Biology
How plants work on the inside
Credit: Photo: C. Schwechheimer/ TUM Vascular tissue in plants distributes water and nutrients, thereby ensuring constant growth. Each newly developed...
Organic insect deterrent for agriculture
Credit: Wolfgang Mischko / TUM Traditional insecticides are killers: they not only kill pests, they also endanger bees and other...
Scientists see inner workings of enzyme telomerase, which plays key roles in aging, cancer
Credit: Juli Feigon, et al./UCLA/Cell Cancer, aging-related diseases and other illnesses are closely tied to an important enzyme called "telomerase."...
Camouflaged plants use the same tricks as animals
Credit: Yang Niu Plants use many of the same methods as animals to camouflage themselves, a new study shows. Research...
A common electronic language for magnetic resonance
Scientists working in the field of organic chemistry are always looking for new molecules that are created and studied using...
Salt Lake’s light rail trains are air quality sleuths
The light rail network in the Salt Lake City area already does a lot to improve air quality - its...
Disaster recovery requires rebuilding livelihoods
Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability The short-term losses people suffer when natural disasters strike can...
New centre to build wine industry’s competitive edge
Defining Australian wines' unique flavours, making vines more robust, defeating disease and introducing more innovation to winemaking are among the...
Study examines how pathogens affect bird migration
Whether long-distance animal migration facilitates or hampers pathogen transmission depends on how infections affect the routes and timing of migrating...
Restricting unwanted immune reactions
Credit: Vogl et al./ J. Clin. Invest. In the body, the immune system often begins its response to various attackers...
Male vervet monkeys use punishment and coercion to de-escalate costly intergroup fights
Credit: Jean Arseneau-Robar, UZH Male vervet monkeys attack members of their own group to prevent them from escalating intergroup encounters...
NUST MISIS scientists prove the toxicity of silver nanoparticles
Credit: © NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists and their colleagues from the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have proved the...
Scientists stunned by decline of birds during epic Southern African roadtrip
Credit: Beckie Garbett A two year project to repeat a famous bird survey by driving over 20, 000km in a...
World’s most efficient production of succinate from carbon dioxide
Credit: Kobe University Succinate is widely used as a raw ingredient for petrochemicals, and there is high demand for a...
Medical departments of Kazan University work on treatments for hereditary pathologies
Newest results were showcased at the International Myology School in Moscow on 16th - 19th May 2018. KFU was represented...
Strengthening indigenous Arctic voices in IPBES’ Global Biodiversity Assessment 2019
Credit: Jan Miko Helsinki, Finland -- The University of Helsinki hosts a groundbreaking dialogue meeting Wednesday-Thursday June 6-7 bringing together...
As mystery deepens over the cause of Alzheimer’s, a UB lab seeks new answers
Credit: Credit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For more than 20 years, much of the leading research on...
Simpler model gets to the point with proteins
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 6, 2018) - Computational models have come a long way in their ability...
Wellcome Sanger Institute sequences reference genomes of 3,000 dangerous bacteria
HINXTON, U.K. and MENLO PARK, Calif. - The genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including some of the world's most...
Scientists work to dissolve the NETs that worsen TBI damage
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2018) - Immune cells that are first responders to...
