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The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending-down of the global greenhouse-gas emissions curve, leading experts caution. Aggressive...

Tackling iron and zinc deficiencies with ‘better’ bread

The health effects of zinc and iron deficiencies can be devastating, particularly in developing countries. One strategy for addressing this...

Four new beamlines get go ahead at the ESRF, opening new frontiers in X-ray science

Credit: ESRF/Jocelyn Chavy 27 June 2017 - The ESRF Council, representing the 22 partner nations of the ESRF, gave the...

Bristol’s Dr Gorochowski awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship

Credit: University of Bristol Dr Thomas Gorochowski, from the University of Bristol's Bristol BioDesign Institute, has been awarded a prestigious...

Soybean rust study will allow breeders to tailor resistant varieties to local pathogens

Credit: Glen Hartman URBANA, Ill. - Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been...

Indoor air in schools could add to children’s exposure to PCBs

The U.S. banned PCBs nearly four decades ago, but they persist in the environment and have been found in animals...

NUS researchers create novel probiotic beer that boosts immunity and improves gut health

Credit: National University of Singapore Beer lovers may soon have a gut-friendly drink to raise a toast to, thanks to...

Micron-sized hydrogel cubes show highly efficient delivery of a potent anti-cancer drug

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Many potent anti-cancer drugs have major drawbacks -- they fail to mix with water, which...

Nanopipette technology wins first place in NIH ‘Follow that Cell’ challenge

Credit: Nader Pourmand Nader Pourmand, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has...

Protein associated with Parkinson’s disease linked to human upper GI tract infections

WASHINGTON -- Acute and chronic infections in a person's upper gastrointestinal tract appear to be linked to Parkinson's disease, say...

Study sheds light on how ovarian cancer spreads

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- With 20,000 diagnoses each year, ovarian cancer is the ninth most common cancer and...

Mount Sinai, Pfizer renew research collaboration, building on strong foundation

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Pfizer Inc.'s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) recently announced the renewal...

Ozone recovery may be delayed by unregulated chemicals

Recent increases in an unregulated ozone-depleting substance, could delay recovery of Antarctic ozone levels by 5-30 years, depending on emissions...

Jellyfish fluorescence shines new light on DNA copying

Using these proteins, originally found in jellyfish to make them glow, the team where able to focus laser beams on...

Digital dating abuse especially bad for girls

ANN ARBOR--Teens expect to experience some digital forms of abuse in dating, but girls may be suffering more severe emotional...

Researchers discover novel colistin resistance gene mcr-3 in Escherichia coli

Washington, DC - June 27, 2017 - Researchers have now discovered a new mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-3, in E....

New gene editing technique could drive out mosquito-borne disease

Scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have demonstrated a way to edit the genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes that brings...

Genetic tests help identify relative risk of 25 cancer-associated mutations

No one wants to hear that they have a mutation in their DNA associated with the development of cancer. But...

Community-wide effort to fight childhood obesity shows promise