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Palmer amaranth’s molecular secrets reveal troubling potential
Credit: Pat Tranel, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Corn, soybean, and cotton farmers shudder at the thought of Palmer...
The sleep neuron in threadworms is also a stop neuron
Sleep or stop? The RIS neuron has both functions; publication in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Wagner Steuer Costa Wagner Steuer Costa in...
Algae and bacteria team up to increase hydrogen production
Credit: University of Córdoba In line with the fight against climate change and the search for a sustainable future, the...
Tomorrow’s coolants of choice
Scientists assess the potential of magnetic-cooling materialsCredit: HZDR / Juniks Later during this century, around 2060, a paradigm shift in...
New route to carbon-neutral fuels from carbon dioxide discovered by Stanford-DTU team
Credit: Cube3D If the idea of flying on battery-powered commercial jets makes you nervous, you can relax a little. Researchers...
Measuring ethanol’s deadly twin
Credit: Van den Broek J et al. Nature Communications 2019 Methanol is sometimes referred to as ethanol's deadly twin. While...
Catch-22 in graphene based molecular devices resolved
Credit: University of Warwick The conductivity of Graphene has made it a target for many researchers seeking to exploit it...
New study shows common carp aquaculture in Neolithic China dating back 8,000 years
By using age-mortality and species-selection profiles from prehistoric East Asia, researchers identified carp aquaculture in Henan Province, China, thousands of...
New results for the mass of neutrinos
Karlsruhe tritium neutrino experiment KATRIN limits neutrino masses to less than 1 eVCredit: Joachim Wolf, KIT Neutrinos and their small...
Too much of a good thing: Overactive immune cells trigger inflammation
Credit: DBM Scientists describe a previously unknown disorder of the immune system: in a distinct subset of immune cells from...
Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells
Credit: David Fairen-Jimenez Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a platform that uses nanoparticles known as metal-organic frameworks...
WVU astronomers help detect the most massive neutron star ever measured
Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF) West Virginia University researchers have helped discover the most massive neutron star to date, a breakthrough...
The stellar nurseries of distant galaxies
An international team headed by UNIGE has discovered that the properties of molecular clouds, and the number of stars they...
Using smart sensor technology in building design
Researchers find apprehension of using technology may stifle architectural innovationCredit: San Diego State University Have lights turned on automatically when...
Vitamin E found to prevent muscle damage after heart attack
Credit: Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Heart attack is a leading cause of death worldwide and new treatment strategies are...
The magic wavelength of cadmium
A newly discovered property of cadmium could lead to the most accurate clock everCredit: (c) 2019 Katori et al. Researchers...
Alzheimer’s disease risk gene APOE4 impairs function of brain immune cells
Credit: Henna Konttinen A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic...
Efficient organic solar cells with a low energy loss enabled by a quinoxaline-based acceptor
Credit: ©Science China Press Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have attracted much attention because of the advantages in low-cost and large-area fabrication...
Don’t make major decisions on an empty stomach, research suggests
New research from the University of Dundee suggests that people might want to avoid making any important decisions about the...
Welcome indoors, solar cells
Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applicationsCredit: Thor Balkhed Swedish and Chinese scientists have developed organic...
