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Mycoplasma genitalium’s cell adhesion mechanism revealed
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Researchers from the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC) and the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine...
U-M Biosciences Initiative invests $45 million in ‘groundbreaking’ research
ANN ARBOR--A new center for the study of concussions, an institute for global change biology, and a facility to advance...
Chimpanzees react faster to cooperate than make selfish choices
Credit: © the Jane Goodall Institute / By Fernando Turmo ANN ARBOR--When it comes to cooperation, there's no monkey business...
Mainz University is involved in the European Flagship on Quantum Technologies program
Credit: photo/©: QUANTUM, JGU The European Union has launched a Flagship on Quantum Technologies to promote research into and development...
NSU researcher part of team that conducted genome-wide study of tigers
Credit: Dr. Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern Univesity FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - They are one of the most majestic and,...
A new method to quickly identify outliers in air quality monitoring data
Credit: Image by TANG Xiao Ambient air quality monitoring data are the most important source for public awareness regarding air...
Free movement can protect humans from environmental threats
Credit: J Barnett) Greater freedom of movement and investments in human rights and social opportunities can help protect humans from...
Texas A&M leads $5.7 million research project to attack annual bluegrass
COLLEGE STATION - The most widely grown irrigated crop in the U.S. - turfgrass - is being threatened by annual...
Mount Sinai recognized for excellence in mitochondrial care
Credit: Mitochondrial Care Network (MCN) New York, NY (October 29, 2018) -- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
Study: Coal power plant regulations neglect a crucial pollutant
HOUSTON - (Oct. 29, 2018) - Cleaning up or replacing coal-fired power plants that lack sulfur pollution controls could help...
UC San Diego signs MOU with Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe
Credit: FBRI The University of California San Diego and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe (FBRI) have...
SwRI improves structural health monitoring with magnetostrictive transducer
Credit: Image Courtesy of Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 29, 2018 -- A new, more powerful generation of...
Illinois study provides whole-system view of plant cold stress
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - When temperatures drop, plants can't bundle up. Stuck outside, exposed,...
Plant-based ‘road salt’ good for highways but not for insects
New Orleans (October 29, 2018)--Beet juice deicer, a natural alternative to road salt that is considered to be an eco-friendlier...
Crystals that clean natural gas
Credit: © 2018 KAUST Removing the troublesome impurities of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas could...
Beyond 1984: narrow focus on wildfire trends underestimates future risks to water security
Credit: Chris Brown/Utah State University Dramatic increases in wildfire over the last few decades have garnered considerable media attention. Numerous...
New platform based on biology and nanotechnology carries mRNA directly to target cells
Credit: Nuphar Veiga/American Friends of Tel Aviv University. Delivering an effective therapeutic payload to specific target cells with few adverse...
Hidden costs of disease to greater Yellowstone elk
Credit: Mark Gocke/Wyoming Game and Fish Department For decades researchers have known that a bacterial disease in elk, bison and...
Study sheds light on why a warmer world may equal a wetter Arctic
Credit: Douglas Levere / University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the...
Deconstructing the superfood that determines honeybee hierarchy
Katharina Paschinger's father, a conservation chemist in Vienna, was a devoted beekeeper. Paschinger remembers fondly that he would bring royal...
