Hundred-year-old riddle in botany reveals key plant adaptation to dry land
Průhonice, Czech Republic - The green world that we live in would not have been possible without hidden changes to the plant body over the...
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Making melanoma immortal: Pitt scientists discover key genetic step in cancer’s race to live forever
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered the missing puzzle piece in the mystery of how melanoma tumors control their mortality.Credit:...
Chinese incursions into India are increasing, strategically planned
EVANSTON, Ill. — Chinese incursions across India’s west and central borders are not independent, random incidents that happen by mistake. Instead, these incursions are part...
How to study ‘big’ molecules without breaking them apart
NORMAN, OKLA. – Just like seeing the forest through the trees, studying a whole, intact molecule has incredible scientific benefit but is difficult to do without...
A dual boost for optical delay scanning
Ultrafast laser technology has enabled a trove of methods for precision measurements. These include in particular a broad class of pulsed-laser experiments in which a...
For autonomous cars, a new laser beam steering device
A University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering professor is leading a project that will explore an optical laser beam steering device for 3D sensing...
New MIT Sloan research on identity cues in social media shows it’s not just what is said but who says it that matters
One of the first and most controversial policy changes Elon Musk proposed after taking the helm at Twitter last week, was to overhaul Twitter’s verification...
Global distributive justice and systemic transformations key to planetary stability, study finds
In a new study published in the journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists from the Earth Commission, convened by Future Earth, investigates the...
Previously unseen processes reveal path to better rechargeable battery performance
To design better rechargeable ion batteries, engineers and chemists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign collaborated to combine a powerful new electron microscopy technique and...
WTAP regulates the postnatal development and thermogenesis of iBAT
Obesity is one of the most serious global health problems. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, fatty liver diseases, and certain cancers, which...
International ideas competition for new interdisciplinary centre
The University of Luxembourg will establish a new interdisciplinary centre (IC) for researching complex environmental systems. In an ideas competition or “Concours d'idées”, the University...
Research reveals how a common bacterium may spread from the intestine
A typical gut bacterium that can spread through the body and cause a serious infection resists natural immune defenses and antibiotics by enhancing its protective...
A new way of fabricating high-efficiency diffraction gratings for astronomical spectroscopy
Today, astronomers seek to observe the faintest and most distant objects possible. Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), with apertures in the order of several dozen meters,...
German Science and Humanities Council certifies Fritz Bauer Institute’s “impressive achievements”
Combining high-quality research and a wide range of educational offerings is something the Fritz Bauer Institute does very well despite its limited staffing. That is...
Joint news release: OCBC Bank and NTU Singapore to embark on a $5 million research collaboration
OCBC Bank and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) today announced that they have embarked on a S$5 million research collaboration over the next five...
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