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Clear strategies needed to reduce bushmeat hunting
Disease prevention and protection of species require differentiated strategiesCredit: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation Covid-19 and the associated global economic, health and...
Separating gamma-ray bursts: Students make critical breakthrough
Credit: Johann Bock Severin, Christian Kragh Jespersen and Jonas Vinther By applying a machine-learning algorithm, scientists at the Niels Bohr...
Doctoral student awarded Fulbright to study diseases in migratory birds
Credit: Krisangel Lopez for Virginia Tech Twice a year, migratory birds in North America embark on journeys that can carry...
Research underscores importance of global surveillance of plant pathogens
Credit: Mary Ortiz-Castro, Terra Hartman, Teresa Coutinho, Jillian M. Lang, Kevin Korus, Jan E. Leach, Tamra Jackson-Ziems, and Kirk Broders...
New technology promises to revolutionize nanomedicine
Credit: Image courtesy of Maxim Nikitin Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues from Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov...
A chemical tailor-made suit for Alzheimer’s drugs
Research team from Göttingen and Halle develops new inhibitors for enzymesCredit: Lisa-Marie Funk With over 1.2 million people affected in...
New learning algorithm should significantly expand the possible applications of AI
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The high energy consumption of artificial neural networks' learning activities is one of the...
Study: Five-year review of all alzheimer’s drugs in development shows reason for optimism
Team led by UNLV Research Professor Dr. Jeffrey Cummings examines drug pipeline for treatments; review published in journal Alzheimer's &...
Breakthrough blood test detects positive COVID-19 result in 20 minutes
Credit: Monash University World-first research by Monash University in Australia has been able to detect positive COVID-19 cases using blood...
Pressure suppresses carrier trapping in 2D halide perovskite
Credit: Songhao Guo Two-dimensional (2D) organic-inorganic halide perovskites are emerging materials for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications due to their unique...
New evidence for a dynamic metallocofactor during nitrogen gas reduction
Unlocking the atmosphere's big mysteryCredit: UCI School of Biological Sciences A key mystery about the gas comprising most of our...
The secret to renewable solar fuels is an off-and-on again relationship
Study finds copper catalysts work better when they gain and lose oxygen atomsCredit: Lee et al./ACS Catalysis They say it's...
River plants counter both flooding and drought to protect biodiversity
Credit: Loreta Cornacchia 'Water plants are a nuisance in streams, blocking the flow. You should remove them'. This notion has...
Quarantine coffee roasting competition: Game on (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 17, 2020 -- How hard could roasting beans at home really be? Sam...
Climate-friendly Cooling Could Cut Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Save US$ Trillions: UN
As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals;...
Orderly arranged bead-chain ternary nanocomposites for supercapacitors
Credit: Author In a paper published in NANO, a group of researchers from Jiangsu University of Technology, China have developed...
Chemical thermometers take temperature to the nanometric scale
Credit: Ridier et al. The miniaturisation of electronic components coupled with their increasing integration density has considerably expanded heat flows,...
Pigs turn to humans as dogs do, unless they have a problem to solve
In a neutral situation pigs turn to humans, initiating interactions as much as dogs do. But in a problem solving...
Predicting the biodiversity of rivers
Credit: Florian Altermatt, University of Zurich Biodiversity is severely threatened both in Switzerland and worldwide, and numerous organisms are facing...
Key technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels for reducing greenhouse gas
Technology for reducing the viscosity of lignin oil from wood wastes with a high potential for industrial applications. Potential for...
