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High CO2 levels cause plants to thicken their leaves, could worsen climate change effects
Credit: Abigail Swann Plant scientists have observed that when levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rise, most plants do...
3D bioprinting of living structures with built-in chemical sensors
Credit: Photo: Anja Lode, TU Dresden An international team of researchers led by Professor Michael Kühl at the Department of...
Decline in native fish species — Invasive species on the increase
Credit: J. Geist/ TUM The majority of Bavaria's watercourses are in poor ecological condition. A team from the Technical University...
A research project in the French West Indies for repurposing Sargassum seaweed
(CNRS) A research team including the CNRS and l'Université des Antilles has just launched an 18-month research project, largely financed...
Disease causing mutation found in French-Canadians
Credit: Ziv Gan-Or A team of Canadian scientists, including researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) has...
Removal of ovary for fertility preservation found safe in girls as young as 5 months
In the first publication from the U.S. on surgical techniques and outcomes of single ovary removal for fertility preservation in...
Songbird data yields new theory for learning sensorimotor skills
Songbirds learn to sing in a way similar to how humans learn to speak -- by listening to their fathers...
Doctors issue caution over missed cancer diagnoses tied to immune disorder
CINCINNATI - Physicians who specialize in a devastating and aggressive immune disorder called hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) report in a new...
Determinations of air flow behaviors in the human upper airway by visualizing flowing air directly
Credit: ©Science China Press The determination of airflow characteristics in the human upper airway is crucial in investigating obstructive sleep...
Genes key to identifying drug resistant parasites in Brazil
Researchers at the University of York have identified genes in a parasite that could help clinicians predict drug treatment outcomes...
Siberian paleontologists discovered the oldest macro-skeleton remains
Credit: Anton Kolesnikov The oldest skeleton remains known to fossil chronicle of the Earth belonged to the microorganisms that lived...
Diagnostic advance: gas-sensing capsule set to hit market by 2022
Credit: Atmo Biosciences An electronic capsule that measures gases in the gut to revolutionise the diagnosis of gut disorders could...
Where did broadleaved evergreen trees survive during the last glacial period in Japan?
Credit: ©2018 Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Osaka University, and Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture Japanese researchers...
Invasive plants can boost blue carbon storage
Credit: Gary Peresta/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center When invasive species enter the picture, things are rarely black and white. A new...
Dog intelligence ‘not exceptional’
People who think dogs are exceptionally intelligent are barking up the wrong tree, new research shows. Scientists reviewed evidence that...
Mayo researchers develop new genetics-based prognostic tool for myelodysplastic syndrome
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed a new genetics-based prognostic tool for myelodysplastic syndrome. Their findings are...
Eighth-century skeleton found at Torcello
Credit: Ca' Foscari University of Venice On the island of Torcello, at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice excavation site,...
Special issue of Health Physics highlights women in radiation protection
October 1, 2018 - A special November issue of Health Physics journal presents 13 original research papers, reviews, and commentaries...
Study: Improvement in glycemic parameters by adding dapagliflozin to metformin in T2D
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 1, 2018--Researchers used continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to assess the...
Hypertension expected to rise globally, with significant impact in South Asia
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 1 October 2018 - Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular and kidney diseases and over 1.5...
