Modern computational tools may open a new era for fossil pollen research
Credit: Doug Peterson One of the best sources of information on the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and plant diversity over millions of years is fossil...
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A molecular break for root growth
Length of plant roots is controlled by hormonesCredit: U. Benz / TUM Roots are essential for reaching water and nutrients, for anchorage to the ground,...
Odds are good for unique 2D compound
Perovskites synthesized at Rice University show potential for valleytronics applicationsCredit: Lou Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 26, 2020) - Engineers at Rice University and Texas...
Emery N. Brown wins SfN’s Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
Credit: MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory The Society for Neuroscience announced today that it has awarded the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational...
How cells use mechanical tension sensors to interact with their environment
Credit: Laboratory of Structural Biophysics and Mechanobiology/The Rockefeller University Actin is among the most abundant proteins in cells, and it has many jobs--from giving the...
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announces Thesis Prize winners
Physicists develop tools to study biological processesCredit: Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Tools that may make it possible to noninvasively track the brain activity of...
Making biodiesel from dirty old cooking oil just got way easier
New ultra-efficient catalyst can recycle old cooking oil into biodiesel and turn food scraps into high-value complex moleculesCredit: RMIT University Researchers have developed a powerful,...
Timeline of early eukaryotic evolution unveiled
Credit: Utrecht University, IRB Barcelona. One of the most important and puzzling events in the evolution of life has been the origin of the first...
New app to helps voters locate ballot drop boxes
George Mason University cybersecurity experts develops app to help votersCredit: Photo courtesy of George Mason University Mason Engineering cybersecurity researcher Massimiliano (Max) Albanese studies the...
New lead screening method zooms in on highest-risk areas in Georgia
The method could be applied to any area in the United StatesScreening index scores for low-level lead exposure in Georgia. Click here to see an...
Estimating risk of airborne COVID-19 with mask usage, social distancing
The Contagion Airborne Transmission inequality model illustrates correlation between physical distancing and protection, the efficacy of face masks and the impact of physical activity on...
Powering the future: new insights into how alkali-metal doped flexible solar cells work
Scientists place another piece of the puzzle on how introducing alkali metals into crystals of thin-film flexible solar cells improves their efficiencyCredit: Pixabay on Pexels...
Real-time opioid overdose tracking system helps show rise after COVID-19’s arrival
Suspected overdose deaths and naloxone rescue attempts by EMS up sharply in Michigan compared with 2019; first responders and public health agencies hail new system...
Hidden losses deep in the Amazon rainforest
Credit: Vitek Jirinec, LSU Few places on Earth are as rich in biodiversity and removed from human influence as the world's largest rainforest -- the...
CRISPR screen identifies genes, drug targets to protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection
Credit: Sanjana Lab of New York Genome Center/New York University NEW YORK, NY (October 26, 2020) - To identify new potential therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2,...
