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Cracking the enigma of how plant sperm is compacted
Sperm cells have compact bundles of DNA, yet exactly how and why sperm cell nuclei are condensed in flowering plants...
Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to release billions of tons of carbon
Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to release billions of tonnes of carbon Credit: Greenpeace/Kevin McElvaney Climate change could trigger...
Virginia Tech researcher receives $1.9 million NIH grant to develop novel approaches to diagnose and treat sepsis
Sepsis is a severe and life-threatening condition caused by bacterial infection and is one of the most common causes of...
DECT assesses postoperative lung volume, perfusion changes
Leesburg, VA, November 2, 2022—According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), metrics derived from...
Traumatized communities
War and violence have a psychological impact on everyone involved. Victims of organized, sexual, and domestic violence are scarred by...
Higher speeds in free-space optical communications in the midinfrared band
Telecommunications have reshaped many aspects of our lives over the past few decades by providing incredibly convenient ways to share...
Why fish look down when they swim
Just as you might look down at the sidewalk as you walk, fish look downward when they swim, a new...
IPK researchers use Cas9 gene scissors to establish new resistances of winter barley to viruses
Besides fungi and insects, viruses are also serious pathogens of crops. In the case of cereals, viruses that are transmitted...
New insights into nanochannel fabrication using femtosecond laser pulses
Recent progress in the fabrication of nanostructures has led to their application in several fields, including biomedicine, chemistry, materials engineering,...
The beta cell whisperer gene
Diabetes, which affects millions of people worldwide, develops when the body either generates insufficient amounts of the hormone insulin– a...
Funding for French-German research project on quantum technology
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking work in this...
A stone age child buried with bird feathers, plant fibres and fur
The exceptional excavation of a Stone Age burial site was carried out in Majoonsuo, situated in the municipality of Outokumpu...
NIH grant funds HIV research
The United States has set a goal of reducing the number of new HIV infections by 75% by 2025 and...
Control hub for skin inflammation discovered
As the largest organ of the human body, the skin literally provides a major barrier exposed to environmental stimuli and...
SUTD researchers turn to age-old molding technique to 3D-print cell-laden vascular models
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain to be one of the leading causes of mortality around the world. There is an urgent need...
Cellular mechanisms explain differences in species biology and help to understand their evolution
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University have published in the journal Molecular Ecology a comprehensive study...
Single-cell raman-based tool developed for efficient mining of live functional microbes from nature
Currently, the best way for scientists to isolate a specific microbe with a particular metabolic function from an environment is...
Ambrosia beetles breed and maintain their own food fungi
Ambrosia beetles practice active agriculture: A bark beetle species breeds and cultivates food fungi in its nests and ensures that...
CItyU researchers invent smart mask to track respiratory sounds for respiratory disease identification
Wearing face masks has been recognised as one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, even...
Now we know how plants steer clear of salt
Credit: Wenna Zheng To avoid salt in soil, plants can change their root direction and grow away from saline areas....
