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Eucalypts spotlight biosecurity failures
Credit: Treena Burgess The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. For more than...
‘Gene-silencing’ technique is a game-changer for crop protection
Ground-breaking research based on nanotechnology promises to help conquer the greatest threat to global food crops - pests and diseases...
Double fish production while preserving biodiversity — can it be done?
Credit: Tarang Mehta, Earlham Institute Tanzania, perhaps best known for safaris over its vast open plains, has ambitious plans for...
Contrary to decades of hype, curcumin alone is unlikely to boost health
Curcumin, a compound in turmeric, continues to be hailed as a natural treatment for a wide range of health conditions,...
Our galaxy’s black hole is spewing out planet-size ‘spitballs’
Credit: Mark A. Garlick / CfA Every few thousand years, an unlucky star wanders too close to the black hole...
Farthest stars in Milky Way might be ripped from another galaxy
Credit: Marion Dierickx / CfA The 11 farthest known stars in our galaxy are located about 300,000 light-years from Earth,...
A new type of monitoring provides information about the life of bacteria in microdroplets
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In the future, it will be possible to carry out tests of new drugs on...
WPI researcher wins NSF CAREER Award to study how bacteria survive in stressful conditions
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - As a graduate student, Scarlet Shell spent four months in rural and...
A surprise advance in the treatment of adult cancers
Montreal, Jan. 11, 2017 - A team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)...
Antidepressant use increases hip fracture risk among elderly
Antidepressant use nearly doubles the risk of hip fracture among community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study...
Looking for life in all the right places — with the right tool
Researchers have invented a range of instruments from giant telescopes to rovers to search for life in outer space, but...
‘Weak measurement’ with strong results
Nuclear spin tomography is an application in (human) medicine known from medical institutions. The patient absorbs and re-emits electromagnetic radiation...
Testing breast milk for cannabinoids
With the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana spreading across the country, the drug's use is reportedly increasing among pregnant...
Tumor-seeking salmonella treats brain tumors
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have recruited an unlikely ally in the fight against...
New study examines the health benefits of blue corn
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 11, 2017--A new study shows that a rat model of...
How your cozy fleece could be polluting the ocean
Fleece is a wintertime staple but could be contributing to the next big ocean plastics problem: lint. The lightweight, cozy...
Study describes new method to remove nickel from contaminated seawater
The same deposit that builds up in many tea kettles or water pipes in areas where calcium-rich water is the...
Changes to hospital electronic health records could improve care of patients on warfarin
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Jan. 11, 2017) -- Warfarin is a commonly prescribed blood thinner used to prevent harmful...
A novel cancer immunotherapy shows early promise in preclinical studies
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have designed an antibody-based therapy...
Rice University physicist earns White House honor
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University The White House has awarded Rice University physicist Wei Li a Presidential Early Career Award for...
