IPK scientists identify networks for spikelet formation in barley
Credit: IPK / Eva Siebenhühner Organ development in plants mostly occurs through combinatorial activity of so-called meristems. Meristems are plant cells or tissues that give...
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El Niño can help predict cacao harvests up to 2 years in advance
Long-term weather data is absent in many places, complicating rain predictions for crops. Researchers found that the El Niño climate cycle can be a reliable...
Scientists from Virginia Tech, City of Hope aim to improve therapy for deadly brain cancer
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded the team, including Jennifer Munson, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Institute at VTC, $3.75 million to...
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Sandia tech transfer expert garners national awardCredit: Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Licensing expert Bob Westervelt, who has worked to transfer...
Study finds green spaces linked to lower racial disparity in COVID infection rates
A new study is the first to examine the relationship between the supply of green spaces and reduced disparity in infectious disease rates.Credit: Photos courtesy...
Protein linked to sex differences in age-related dopamine neuron loss
Credit: Zachary Freyberg PITTSBURGH, April 28, 2021 - It is not every day that scientists come across a phenomenon so fundamental that it is observed...
Reducing blue light with a new type of LED that won’t keep you up all night
Credit: Jakoah Brgoch To be more energy efficient, many people have replaced their incandescent lights with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. However, those currently on the...
How acidic are atoms?
The acidity of molecules can be easily determined, but until now it was not possible to measure this important property for atoms on a surface....
Investigating vaccine hesitancy in Houston’s underserved communities
University of Houston researcher to develop culturally responsive vaccine education programCredit: University of Houston With COVID-19 vaccines more readily available than ever, there remains vaccine...
Black hole-neutron star collisions may help settle dispute over Universe’s expansion
Studying the violent collisions of black holes and neutron stars may soon provide a new measurement of the Universe's expansion rate, helping to resolve a...
Researchers assemble error-free genomes of 16 animals–with another 70,000 coming up
Credit: Chris Birmingham, CC BY 2.0 The flightless kakapo of New Zealand is in trouble. The world's heaviest parrot--representing one of the most ancestral branches...
HKUST develops a novel raman spectroscopy platform to characterize IDPs in dilute solution
Credit: Vince St. Dollente Mesias, Jinqing Huang / The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology It is challenging to analyze proteins at low concentrations,...
Mapping the electronic states in an exotic superconductor
Scientists characterized how these states depend on local chemical composition, narrowing the search for where to look compositionally to enable quantum computingCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory...
Epilepsy discovery reveals why some seizures prove deadly
Credit: Courtesy Patel lab New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shed light on the No. 1 cause of epilepsy deaths,...
A path to graphene topological qubits
Researchers demonstrate that magnetism and superconductivity can coexist in graphene, opening a pathway towards graphene-based topological qubitsCredit: Jose Lado/Aalto University In the quantum realm, electrons...
