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Cold-water corals: Acidification harms, warming promotes growth
Credit: Photo: JAGO-Team, GEOMAR Because they build their skeletons from calcium carbonate, cold-water corals such as the globally distributed species...
Scientists examine impact of high-severity fires on conifer forests
Credit: Photo by Thomas Link The ability of some Western conifer forests to recover after severe fire may become increasingly...
American Physical Society and CERN sign an open access agreement for SCOAP3
The American Physical Society (APS) and The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), as the Host Organization of SCOAP3 (Sponsoring...
New analysis of brain network activity offers unique insight into epileptic seizures
WASHINGTON, D.C., April, 27, 2017 -- Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder that afflicts approximately 50 million people worldwide. Although...
Computational research details the activation mechanism of p38α
Credit: Antonija Kuzmanic. The protein p38α is a member of a family of molecules that transmit outside signals throughout the...
Using rooster testes to learn how the body fights viruses
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Our bodies are constantly under siege by foreign invaders; viruses, bacteria and parasites that...
New fiber optic probe brings endoscopic diagnosis of cancer closer to the clinic
Credit: Jürgen Popp, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena and Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena WASHINGTON -- In...
New eye test detects earliest signs of glaucoma
A SIMPLE eye test could help solve the biggest global cause of irreversible blindness, glaucoma. In clinical trials, the pioneering...
Light has new capacity for electronics
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 27, 2017 -- Characters in some of the more futuristic science fiction films, like "Minority Report" and...
Landmark clinical trial to help Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis sufferers
A clinical trial funded by Arthritis Research UK and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) led by professors from...
Metal nanoparticles induced visible-light photocatalysis: Mechanisms, applications, ways of promoting catalytic activity and outlook
Credit: ©Science China Press In the quest to solve solar energy conversion as well as environmental remediation issues, photocatalysis using...
Scientists at MIPT explain the way Weyl particles ‘dance’ on crystal surface
Credit: MIPT Press Office Researchers at MIPT have examined the behavior of Weyl particles trapped on the surface of Weyl...
Mushrooms get defensive
Some mushrooms produce long-chain unsaturated carboxylic acids as their chemical defense against insect larvae. The biosynthesis of these polyenes relies...
ECDC report shows strong potential of E-health to increase vaccination coverage in Europe
Credit: ECDC Twenty one EU/EEA countries have developed or are in the process of developing systems to digitally record information...
A close look into the barley genome
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) An international consortium, with the participation of the Helmholtz Zentrum...
Looking for the quantum frontier
Credit: Michael Bremner/cqc2t.org A team of researchers from Australia and the UK have developed a new theoretical framework to identify...
Twitter could have predicted the outcome of the Brexit vote
Leave campaigners were not only victorious in the June 2016 Brexit vote but also in the battle of the twittersphere,...
Augmented reality increases maintenance reliability at a space station
An international project led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developed a new augmented reality (AR) tool for the...
E-cigarettes do not promote cancer growth in lab tests
Credit: BAT/johnnyjgallagher.com A new study found no evidence that a commercially available e-cigarette vapor promotes the development of cancer in...
‘Outstanding’ results announced from new blood cancer study
"We are proud to be part of this study. Our long term follow up of previously treated patients shows maintained...