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Offshore mussel farms could have wider environmental benefits
Aquaculture is fast becoming integral to global food security and, to feed the world’s growing population, it is expected to...
Young child’s brain, not age, determines nap transitions, research suggests
Why do some 4- and 5-year-olds still nap like clockwork every afternoon, while other preschoolers start giving up habitual napping...
The environmental footprint of food
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — In an age of industrialized farming and complex supply chains, the true environmental pressures of our...
Using carbon-carbon clumping to detect the signature of biotic hydrocarbons
An important signature of life is the existence of organic molecules that have originated from biological processes. The most common...
Evidence for new theory of genetic recombination
In most higher organisms, including humans, every cell carries two versions of each gene, which are referred to as alleles....
To break new ground with frequency combs, a NIST innovation plays with the beat
An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with...
UTIA researchers study feed efficiency of pregnant angus heifers
While cattle production has historically focused on increasing the feed efficiency of steers to produce a marketable beef product, researchers...
Virginia Tech-led group that researched means to curb boxwood blight wins USDA award
The Boxwood Blight Insight Group (BBIG) was awarded a Partnership Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and...
Insects contribute to atmospheric electricity
By measuring the electrical fields near swarming honeybees, researchers have discovered that insects can produce as much atmospheric electric charge...
Scientists map water in molecular crystals, aiding drug development
Molecular crystals—the building blocks that make up many drugs and other products—sometimes take on water molecules, which can alter the...
α-Ketoglutarate (AKG) as a nutritional supplement to enhance health and exercise performance
Skeletal muscle is the largest metabolic organ in the body. It is composed of muscle fibers, blood vessels, nerves and...
Creating carbon nanostructures using small organic molecules
Small structures made out of carbons are a useful and versatile tool that can be used across industries, including water...
Even good gene edits can go bad
HOUSTON – (Oct. 24, 2022) – A Rice University lab is leading the effort to reveal potential threats to the...
How heart failure disrupts the cell’s powerhouse
Investigations in Japan have uncovered some molecular mechanisms behind mitochondrial dysfunction in chronic heart failure.Credit: Shingo Takada, Shintaro Kinugawa, Hisataka...
Shedding light on oceanic dark matter: marine bacteria take in carbon dioxide through photosynthesis
Knowing whether or not marine microbes engage in photosynthesis — the use of sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water...
Dig in: Sand serves up a possible cure for obesity
Engineered particles of purified sand could be the next anti-obesity therapy as new research from the University of South Australia...
New study identifies unique type of microglia associated with stroke in the I/R injured brain
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has identified a new type of microglia associated with stroke in the ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)...
The International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) is honored to announce the 2023 Nakasone Award to Rotem Sorek
Rotem Sorek is a researcher at the Department of Molecular Genetics at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. His groundbreaking discoveries of the diversity...
Novel derivative of “love hormone” oxytocin improves cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s
The cognitive decline and memory loss observed in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is attributed to the accumulation of β-amyloid protein (Aβ),...
Unintended consequences: analyzing interventions on mercury use and emissions in artisanal gold mining
Mercury is a unique element that has found a myriad of scientific and practical applications throughout the centuries. Besides its...
