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New method eliminates interference of nicotine in detection of methamphetamine
Recently, a research group led by CHU Yannan and HUANG Chaoqun from the Institute of Health & Medical Technology of...
RUDN University chemist proposed eco-friendly synthesis of fluorescent compounds for medicine
RUDN and Shahid Beheshti University(SBU) chemist proposed an eco-friendly method for the synthesis of pyrrole and pyrazole derivatives with a...
Botany: Scent of death attracts coffin flies to pipevine flowers
Plants use numerous mechanisms for their pollination. Now botanists have discovered a particularly sophisticated system among pipevines that is based...
Machines can help wine grape industry survive labor shortage
Study reviews best practices for growers Wine grape growers in California and elsewhere face increasing labor costs and severe labor...
World’s largest outdoor earthquake simulator undergoes major upgrade
A major upgrade to the world's largest outdoor earthquake simulator reached a milestone mid-April when the facility's floor--all 300,000 lbs...
Bacteria hijack latent phage of competitor
Biochemists discover highly selective phage activation based on signal molecule This targeted control of phages provides entirely new biotechnological and...
Holberg Prize to Martha C. Nussbaum and Griselda Pollock
The 2020 and 2021 Holberg Prizes were conferred upon Professor Griselda Pollock and Professor Martha C. Nussbaum, respectively At a...
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
Global experts identify key options for solutions; First-ever collaboration between IPBES- and IPCC-selected scientists BONN, 10 June - Unprecedented changes...
New methods needed to boost success of Classical Biological Control to fight insect pests
The success of Classical Biological Control in the Western Paleartic ecozone is rarely dependent on the released biological control agent,...
Changing community networks impact disease spread
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the importance of understanding precisely how diseases spread throughout networks of transportation. However, rigorously...
ACS Nano: CNIC scientists describe a possible disease-causing mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have described a potential disease-causing mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the...
Gallium nitride (Gan) wafers now commercially available for 200 mm large scale manufacturing
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's gallium nitride (GaN) wafers, also called large-area engineered substrates, can enable GaN to...
Ion and lipid transporters specialize for their niche
Many bacteria export intracellular calcium using active transporters homologous to the well-described mammalian Ca2+-ATPases such as plasma-membrane Ca2+-ATPase and sarco-endoplasmic...
Prostate cancer linked to obesity
An INRS team is investigating the relationship between body mass and the risk of developing cancer Prostate cancer is the...
Climate protection: Deep decarbonization by 2050 currently not plausible
Today the Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society" (CLICCS) publishes a new, essential study on climate futures....
Cincinnati children’s awarded grant to develop AI system for preventing school violence
CINCINNATI - Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have been awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institute of...
Drug commonly used as antidepressant helps fight cancer in mice
UCLA researchers discover MAOIs could activate immune system to shrink various types of tumors A class of drug called monoamine...
Say goodbye to your camera bump: uOttawa researchers miniaturize optics by discovering counterpart to lens
The concept of "spaceplate" is a new avenue for manipulating light that could lead to paper thin cameras, telescopes Can...
‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics
Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products. The researchers, from...
Higher alcohol content beer popularity growing, as overall beer consumption down
PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2021 - Americans are consuming more craft beer with higher alcohol content but are drinking less beer...
