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Fishing the seas for new vegan ideas
'Blue sky' for more healthy foods from seaweedsCredit: Photo courtesy Raymond Tham, CMBD Flinders University. Putting innovative Australian marine bioproducts...
Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
USC researchers harness the power of living organisms to make materials that are strong, tolerant and resilientCredit: Qiming Wang, USC...
Sewage study shows which countries like to party hard
(hint: the Dutch, Aussies, Kiwis and Americans)Credit: University of South Australia Despite deaths and hospitalisations linked to many new psychoactive...
‘No COVID-19 is good COVID-19’: Variants spur WVU scientists to study, mitigate strain outbreaks
Credit: Brian Persinger/West Virginia University West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming. When health officials confirmed the first three...
New catalyst could enable better lithium-sulfur batteries, power next-gen electronics
Novel catalyst material promises long-lasting, high-capacity, next-generation rechargeable batteriesCredit: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology At the heart of most...
Periodontal disease increases risk of major cardiovascular events
Credit: Photo by Matthew Modoono for Forsyth Institute. People with periodontitis are at higher risk of experiencing major cardiovascular events,...
Scientists model a peculiar type of breast cancer
Credit: George Sflomos (EPFL) Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a type of breast cancer that begins in the milk-producing glands...
Ten lessons from the virus crisis
How some rich countries failed, and why -- studyCredit: Flinders University A mixture of smaller countries led by New Zealand,...
Advanced imaging technology captures translation of the maternal genome
Credit: A. Amunts and D. Nowakowski An international collaboration among researchers from Finland, Sweden, UK and the USA has captured...
Biological therapy has proved a suitable alternative to antibiotics
A "healthy" alternative to antibioticsCredit: Tel Aviv University In the course of a new and groundbreaking study, led by Dr,...
New insights on how inflammatory molecule contributes to skin and pancreatic cancers
The molecule, interleukin-33, activates signals in a cell's nucleus to promote abnormal growth.Credit: Jong Ho Park, PhD BOSTON - Chronic...
There is no one-size-fits-all road to sustainability on “Patchwork Earth”
Science and policy need to incorporate diversity and complexity of the world when thinking about a sustainable futureCredit: McGill University...
Rapid evolution may help species adapt to climate change and competition
Credit: Washington State University VANCOUVER, Wash. - Loss of biodiversity in the face of climate change is a growing worldwide...
New model helping identify pregnant women whose previous kidney injury puts them, babies at risk
Credit: Kim Ratlliff, Augusta University photographer Young pregnant women, who appear to have fully recovered from an acute injury that...
New study on the forecasting of extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries
Researchers at the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts and TU Freiberg develop a framework to better predict extreme rainfall...
Life from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars
Study shows sending microbes to Earth's stratosphere, to test their endurance to Martian conditions, can reveal their potential use and...
Drones used to locate dangerous, unplugged oil wells
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- There are millions of unplugged oil wells in the...
Pioneering research reveals gardens are secret powerhouse for pollinators
Credit: Nicholas Tew Home gardens are by far the biggest source of food for pollinating insects, including bees and wasps,...
Bioengineered hybrid muscle fiber for regenerative medicine
Regeneration of muscle tissue was achieved by combining direct cell reprogramming with natural-synthetic hybrid scaffold as structural supportCredit: Institute for...
Colorful connection found in coral’s ability to survive higher temperatures
Credit: Daisuke Kezuka. Coral within the family Acropora are fast growers and thus important for reef growth, island formation, and...
