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Effects of changing tillage practices on sugar beets presented
Changing tillage practices can help the environment and reduce costs, according to a study in Montana. Chengci Chen, Montana State,...
Genomic recycling: Ancestral genes take on new roles
One often hears about the multitude of genes we have in common with chimps, birds or other living creatures, but...
When it comes to the threat of extinction, size matters
Credit: Illustration: Oliver Day, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Animals in the Goldilocks zone -- neither too big, nor...
A new approach to high insulin levels
Credit: Pierre Maechler / UNIGE Diabetes is characterised by a deficiency of insulin. The opposite is the case in congenital...
A Cereal survives heat and drought
Credit: Copyright: ICRISAT Plant diversity and adaptation to different climatic conditions -- especially important in the era of global climate...
Reliance on ‘gut feelings’ linked to belief in fake news
COLUMBUS, Ohio - People who tend to trust their intuition or to believe that the facts they hear are politically...
HIV-AIDS: Following your gut
Montreal, Sept. 18, 2017 - Researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have discovered a way to...
RNA discovery could help boost plant heat, drought tolerance
Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife Research DALLAS -- Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have discovered a ribonucleic acid, or RNA, that...
Study uncovers markers for severe form of multiple sclerosis
New Haven, Conn. -- Scientists have uncovered two closely related cytokines -- molecules involved in cell communication and movement --...
Suffocation risk from small hard sugar balls
The critical size for schoolchildren is roughly a diameter of 40 mm, as a hard sugar ball of this size...
Scientists show molecular basis for ants acting as ‘bodyguards’ for plants
Credit: G. A. Miller TORONTO, ON - Though you might not think of ants as formidable bodyguards, some do an...
Sheep gene insights could help farmers breed healthier animals
Credit: The Roslin Institute Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health...
An effective way to eliminate atrazine and its by-products in surface water
Atrazine, widely used as a weedkiller, is known to have harmful effects on aquatic wildlife and presents a risk to...
Ironing out a puzzle
Alison Butler has never met Canadian chemist and philanthropist Alfred Bader, but they have something important in common. Harvard-educated Bader...
Scientists identify new hosts for Chagas Disease vectors
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Solitary weasel-like animals called tayra might look pretty harmless, but some may actually be...
How bacteria hinder chemotherapy
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science To the reasons that chemotherapy sometimes does not work, we can now add one more:...
Microscopic technique for detecting microbial life in enceladus water plumes
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, Sept. 18, 2017 -- A new study has demonstrated the potential to...
Biologists identify gene involved in kidney-related birth defects
A team led by University of Iowa researchers has identified a gene linked to rare, often fatal kidney-related birth defects....
DNA triggers shape-shifting in hydrogels, opening a new way to make ‘soft robots’
Credit: Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University Biochemical engineers at the Johns Hopkins University have used sequences of DNA molecules to induce...
When caring for a sick pet becomes too much
Credit: Kent State University The mental and physical stress on individuals caring for elderly loved ones with chronic and terminal...
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