Protecting natural forest in oil palm plantations crucial for conservation
Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new study on palm oil agriculture...
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Washing away stubborn biofilms using fungal cleaning products
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that a biosurfactant from yeast can dissolve stubborn biofilms and enhance the efficacy of chemical cleaning productsCredit: University...
EMBL survey studies effects of COVID-19 pandemic on life scientists
Credit: EMBL Jan Korbel and Oliver Stegle, both group leaders at EMBL Heidelberg, have performed a survey of fellow life scientists in Germany, Spain, the...
This enigmatic protein sculpts DNA to repair harmful damage
Scientists have determined how a protein called XPG binds to and reshapes damaged DNA, illuminating its role in averting genetic disease and cancerCredit: Jack Griffith/UNC...
What does the “love hormone” do? It’s complicated
A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendlinessCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science During...
New article clarifies details of COVID-19 respiratory transmission
Credit: ATS June 22, 2020-- In a new article, scientists provide an exhaustive, evidence-based review of how COVID-19 droplets from infected patients spread through the...
Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth
Insight could lead to bigger crops and better yieldsCredit: Carolyn Rasmussen/UCR When cells don't divide into proper copies of themselves, living things fail to grow...
Online program improves insomnia in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
Participants also reported improvements in quality of life; Program helps survivors correct maladaptive sleep habits that sometimes develop during cancer treatmentCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Adolescents...
Which came first?
An experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddleCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science What did the very first proteins look like -- those that...
Preventing lithium loss for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries
A novel pretreatment strategy resolves a long-standing issue of silicon anode materials. This solution-based strategy enables simple and safe processing for large-scale production.Credit: Korea Institute...
Breakthrough discovery to transform prostate cancer treatment
Credit: Hayley Schultz/UniSA A novel formulation of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate - currently marketed as Zytiga - will dramatically improve the quality of...
Shining light on a malignant lung cancer
A near-infrared light treatment could help manage a rare form of lung cancerCredit: Kazuhide Sato Treating a rare type of malignant lung cancer could improve,...
A new social role for echolocation in bats that hunt together
Credit: Irene Mendez Cruz Searching for food at night can be tricky. To find prey in the dark, bats use echolocation, their "sixth sense." But...
NASA observes large Saharan dust plume over Atlantic ocean
Credit: Credits: NASA Worldview NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite observed a huge Saharan dust plume streaming over the North Atlantic Ocean, beginning on June 13. Satellite...
ORNL launches rapid access licensing program to speed up COVID-19 solutions
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a program designed to accelerate deployment...
