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October 8, 2025

New, old science combine to make faster medical test

Credit: Courtesy University of Central Florida A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than...

Team discovers how bacteria exploit a chink in the body’s armor

Credit: Photo courtesy the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have discovered how a unique...

New book explores why the discovery of sex in plants took so long

Credit: Oxford University Press Sexual reproduction in animals has been recognized since ancient times and used in the breeding of...

How much drought can a forest take?

Credit: USFS Region 5 Why do some trees die in a drought and others don't? And how can we predict...

USDA announces $8.8 million available for agricultural programs at Hispanic serving institutions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced availability...

USDA invests $13.6 million in citrus greening research

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...

Queen’s researcher publishes new findings on how plants manage immune response

KINGSTON - New research, being published tomorrow in the journal Science, has uncovered a previously unknown means by which plants...

Scientists uncover the genetic history of cocoa in Brazil

The saga of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) in southern Bahia is part of Brazil's economic and cultural history. Brazil was once...

Study discusses model for understanding nutrition and brain development

Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. -Pediatric nutrition research has sh own the important effects of early-life...

UTA works with Boeing, NASA, MIT to improve online students’ completion rates

Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are working with Boeing, NASA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

New smartwatch application for accurate signature verification developed by Ben-Gurion U

BEER-SHEVA, Israel...January 19, 2017 - An innovative, new system that uses smartwatch devices and software to verify handwritten signatures and...

Theorists propose new class of topological metals with exotic electronic properties

Credit: Lukas Muechler Researchers at Princeton, Yale, and the University of Zurich have proposed a theory-based approach to characterize a...

Making AI systems that see the world as humans do

Credit: Ken Forbus A Northwestern University team developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard...

USDA announces $18.9 million available to support agricultural education at 1890s land-grant institutions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...

NIFA announces $1.85 million for potato breeding research

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...

Climate change prompts Alaska fish to change breeding behavior

Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington One of Alaska's most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response...

New study will help find the best locations for thermal power stations in Iceland

Credit: Erik Sturkell A new research article, with lead authors from the University of Gothenburg, gives indications of the best...

Quality control inside the cell

The ability to dispose of proteins that are either aberrant or (in the worst case) toxic is fundamental to a...

Great differences in the view of withdrawing futile intensive care

(Umea University) The views among physicians and the general public when it comes to deciding whether to withhold or withdraw...

One in 5 adults secretly access their friends’ Facebook accounts