Male beetles’ spiny genitalia both harmful and beneficial to females
Credit: Julian Baur Male seed beetles with genital structures that injure females may have greater reproductive success. As new research from Uppsala University shows, females...
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Scientists identify new gut-liver drug recycling process
Implications for developing treatments for intestinal diseasesCredit: University of Houston A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers is reporting a newly recognized process of...
Detecting wildlife illness and death with new early alert system
Network of wildlife rehabilitation organizations helps track emerging threatsCredit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis From domoic acid poisoning in seabirds to canine distemper in raccoons, wildlife face...
The hidden culprit killing lithium-metal batteries from the inside
First-of-their-kind snapshots reveal byproduct crippling powerful, experimental cellsCredit: Katie Jungjohann, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- For decades, scientists have tried to make reliable lithium-metal...
Trust me, I’m a chatbot
Göttingen University researchers investigate effect of non-human conversation partners in customer servicesCredit: Mozafari More and more companies are using chatbots in customer services. Due to...
Floating into summer with more buoyant, liquid-proof life jackets, swimsuits (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Summertime is here, and that often means long, lazy days at the beach, water skiing and swimming. Life jackets and swimsuits...
Scientists created several samples of glasses for protection against nuclear radiation
Bismuth borate glasses were shown outperformance while compared with the commercial onesCredit: Image: UrFU / Anastasia Farafontova. An international research team, including physics from Russia,...
Seven degrees from one trillion species of microbes
Global Microbiome Transition Network hints at origins and evolution paths of microbiomesCredit: LIU Yang and JING Gongchao The Earth contains about one trillion species of...
Oregon State researchers begin to unravel the mysteries of kombucha fermentation
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University scientists are beginning to unravel the key microorganisms that contribute to the fermentation of kombucha,...
A new sensitive tool for the efficient quantification of plant disease susceptibility
Credit: APS While several biology techniques have undergone significant technical advances that have allowed their high-throughput implementation, assessing the resistance levels of plant varieties to...
How climate change and fires are shaping the forests of the future
Tracking future forest fires with AICredit: R. Seidl / TUM Forest fires are already a global threat. "But considering how climate change is progressing, we...
Experts tackle modern slavery in Greek strawberry fields using satellite technology
Credit: Ioannis Kougkoulos, Kornilia Hatzinikolaou A consortium of modern slavery experts, led by the University of Nottingham, have assisted the Greek government to tackle a...
Short chain fatty acids: An ‘ace in the hole’ against SARS-CoV-2 infection
Scientists find that short chain fatty acids can be used to reduce susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality from COVID-19Credit: Kanako Yoshida from University of...
Personalised 3D printed knee implant could help thousands of arthritis sufferers
Credit: University of Bath Pioneering 'printed metal' procedure to create bespoke treatment for early knee osteoarthritis set to be trialled in the UK following MHRA...
Announcing 2020 Impact Factor for Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (APSB)
Credit: APSB Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (APSB) is delighted to announce that the Impact Factor (IF) of the journal is now 11.413 in 2020 according...
