New, rapid CRISPR/Cas9 method identifies key genes in zebrafish spinal cord regeneration
Novel method could also be applied to screen for crucial genes in other biological processesCredit: Keatinge M et al., 2021, PLOS Genetics A new, rapid...
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Fish have been swallowing microplastics since the 1950s
Museum collections reveal the history of micCredit: Loren Hou Forget diamonds--plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for plastic to break down, and...
British Ecological Society announces journal prize winners
Credit: British Ecological Society Today the British Ecological Society (BES) has announced the winners of its journal prizes for research published in 2020. The prizes...
Combining solar panels and lamb grazing increases land productivity, study finds
Credit: Sean Nealon, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and solar energy production on the...
Exploring extremes — When is it too hot to handle
Credit: Heriot-Watt University Exploring extreme environments can put significant operational challenges on the engineering systems we depend upon to safely explore and at times operate...
Corals that “spit” algae
An ancient immune response regulates the development of beneficial symbiosesCredit: Natascha Bechtoldt Microalgae of the dinoflagellate group are known for their ability to survive in...
Single-cell CRISPR technology deciphers role of chromatin accessibility in cancer
Mapping the 'chromatinome': New integrative functional genomics platform for profiling genome regulation with a massively-parallel screen of chromatin modifiersCredit: Sanjana Lab of New York Genome...
Wearable glucose monitors shed light on progression of Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic adults
Study by Sansum Diabetes Research Institute and Rice University points to new directions for improved diabetes careCredit: Image courtesy of Sansum Diabetes Research Institute HOUSTON...
Light, in addition to ocean temperature, plays role in coral bleaching
University of Guam researchers have found that shade can mitigate the effects of heat stress on coralsCredit: University of Guam A study by University of...
Implementing Industry 4.0 in SMEs by focusing on the customer
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country offers SMEs a tool to change the way customers interact with companies, and their experiencesCredit: 123RF...
How reef-building corals got their bones
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith Coral reefs provide shelter, sustenance and stability to a range of organisms, but these vital ecosystems would not exist...
How SARS-CoV-2 hijacks human cells to evade immune system
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus...
CIMMYT and John Innes Centre announce strategic collaboration on wheat research
Credit: Photo: Kevin Pixley/CIMMYT, CIMMYT Centro Experimental Norman E. Borlaug, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico. April 29, 2021. The John Innes Centre (JIC, UK) and the International...
First Australian populations followed footpath ‘superhighways’ across the continent
Credit: Megan Hotchkiss Davidson/Sandia National Laboratories The best path across the desert is rarely the straightest. For the first human inhabitants of Sahul -- the...
Low risk of infection in babies born to mothers with COVID-19
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Public Health Agency of Sweden have studied newborn babies whose mothers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during...
