Comprehensive characterization of vascular structure in plants
Biology: Key publication in The Plant CellCredit: HHU / Ji-Yun Kim The leaf vasculature of plants plays a key role in transporting solutes from where...
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Grant to aid UTA electrical engineer in study of high-voltage insulators
Research aimed at improving efficiency of Navy shipsCredit: UT Arlington David Wetz, professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received...
Discovery of quantum behavior in insulators suggests possible new particle
Credit: Image designed by Kai Fu for the Wu Lab, Princeton University In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed an unexpected quantum behavior in...
Machine learning accelerates discovery of materials for use in industrial processes
Platform aims to minimize resources required in the development of new materials for use in targeted applicationsCredit: Courtesy of University of Toronto TORONTO, ON -...
Levels of stress hormone in saliva of newborn deer fawns may predict mortality
Research finding suggests that stress levels may be key to fawn survivalCredit: Tess Gingery/Penn State The first-ever study of the levels of the stress hormone...
Researchers find nonnative species in Oahu play greater role in seed dispersal
Credit: Patrick Kelley University of Wyoming researchers headed a study that shows nonnative birds in Oahu, Hawaii, have taken over the role of seed dispersal...
Oncotarget: HIV +/- patients with lymphoma as a predictor of outcome & tumor proliferation
The Oncotarget author's hypothesis is that ADC values will inversely correlate with Ki-67 expression and that tumors with higher ADC values above the median will...
‘Swiss Army knife’ catalyst can make natural gas burn cleaner
Lowering the combustion temperature for methaneCredit: Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. Shahbazian-Yassar and...
Cultivating plant growth in space
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign When in space, astronauts typically eat dehydrated, nutrient-dense food, but when it comes to longer space missions, that can become...
Small towns are bigger than we think
Innovative FAO study maps urban-rural catchment areas and points to ways to optimize policy and planning coordination for agriculture, services and agri-food systemsCredit: @FAO 11...
Ocean acidification is transforming California mussel shells
New analyses reveal how over 60 years a critical marine species has responded to ocean acidificationCredit: Roy Lab, UC San Diego The large mollusk known...
University at Buffalo researchers report quantum-limit-approaching chemical sensing chip
Study shows improvements to chemical sensing chip that aims to quickly and accurately identify drugs and other trace chemicalsCredit: Huaxiu Chen, University at Buffalo. BUFFALO,...
Can a mother’s stress impact children’s disease development?
University of Cincinnati environmental health researcher says there is a connection between trauma and DNA mutationCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Stress on an expectant mother...
2D compound shows unique versatility
Multifunctional nanomaterial proposed by Rice could enhance solar energy, quantum computingCredit: Illustration by Jun-Jie Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - An atypical two-dimensional...
A potent weapon against lymphomas
Credit: Hoepken / Rehm Labs, MDC MDC researchers have developed a new approach to CAR T-cell therapy. The team has shown in Nature Communications that...
