Fall precipitation predicts abundance of curly top disease and guides weed management
Credit: Erik Lehnhoff and Rebecca Creamer Transmitted by an insect known as the beet leafhopper, curly top disease is a viral disease affecting many crops,...
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Evidence clearly favors taxing sugary drinks — new study
Credit: University of Otago New Zealand should follow the UK and more than 30 other countries in introducing a tax on sugary drinks to tackle...
The discovery of a new gene that ‘supervises’ strawberry ripening
Credit: University of Cordoba Spain boasts the highest strawberry production rate in Europe and, in order to maintain this key economic sector, is always looking...
Worm nerve responses for good and bad
Credit: Shunji Nakano & Ikue Mori Nagoya University researchers and colleagues have revealed the nerve circuitry regulating the response of a tiny soil worm to...
Solving obesity: Could manipulating microbes offer an alternative to weight loss surgery?
Credit: Biodesign Institute at ASU Already considered a global epidemic, human obesity continues to be on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control,...
HKU scientists find high concentrations of toxic phenyltin compounds in local Chinese white dolphins
confirming their biomagnification through marine food chainsCredit: AFCD For years Professor Kenneth Leung Mei Yee from the HKU School of Biological Sciences and the Swire...
UTEP engineering professor awarded $550K to help NASA develop early stage innovations
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre/UTEP Communications A mechanical engineering professor from The University of Texas at El Paso will lend his expertise to early-stage space exploration...
How curved are your bones?
Researchers find smart bones curve to protect against fractureCredit: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces/Hajar Razi Research conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC),...
3D hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst helps efficiently reduce CO2?
This new catalyst will bring CO2 one step closer to serving as a sustainable energy sourceCredit: Professor Seokwoo Jeon and Professor Jihun Oh, KAIST KAIST...
New catalyst provides boost to next-generation EV batteries
Credit: UNIST Metal-Air Batteries (MABs), which use oxygen from ambient air as recourses to store and convert energy, have received considerable attention for their potential...
How associative fear memory is formed in the brain
UC Riverside mouse study provides insights into how pathological fear memory in PTSD could be suppressedCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- How does...
SUTD develops missing link to circular economy while tackling global waste
Urban waste and bio-inspired engineering provide key ingredients to 3D printed bioplastic, allowing for global adoption of sustainable manufacturing processes.Credit: SUTD Researchers from the Singapore...
UK study highlights importance of spirometry in diagnosing COPD
Credit: ATS March 13, 2020 - A UK study of patients participating in low-dose CT lung cancer screening highlights the importance of spirometry (breathing tests)...
Water-free way to make MXenes could mean new uses for the promising nanomaterials
Discovery by Drexel researchers could open new application for MXene materialsCredit: Drexel University Ten years after producing the first sample of the now widely studied...
UA engineers collaborate on $3.5M DOE traffic-flow project
Researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, among other institutions, plan to move automated vehicles out of the lab and onto roadways for...
