Ammonium triggers formation of lateral roots
Credit: IPK/ Ying Liu Since every process in lateral root development, including initiation, emergence and elongation is governed by auxin, the question arises of how...
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Creating diamond devices to detect Parkinson’s early
Credit: Wen Li Engineers from Michigan State University have secured $3.4 million in grants to develop diamond implants that could let doctors diagnose and treat...
Winds of change move western smoke into the Pacific
Credit: NASA Worldview NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured these series of images (made into an animated GIF) showing the winds changing direction on Sep. 06,...
MAX binding with the variant Rs72780850 in RNA helicase DDX1 for susceptibility to neuroblastoma
Credit: ©Science China Press Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid tumor occurring extracranial diagnosed during childhood, and responds for 15% of all malignancy death...
A phonon laser – coherent vibrations from a self-breathing resonator
Credit: PDI and Instituto Balseiro and Centro Atómico Lasing - the emission of a collimated light beam of light with a well-defined wavelength (color) and...
Galapagos guides to ‘barcode’ wildlife
Credit: Carolina Proano Galapagos tourist guides are being retrained to catalogue the islands' famous biodiversity. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many eco-tourism workers unemployed, and...
To recreate ancient recipes, check out the vestiges of clay pots
Archaeologists find that unglazed ceramic cookware absorbs the chemical residue of present and past mealsCredit: Photo courtesy of Melanie Miller If you happen to dig...
How plants ensure regular seed spacing
Plant research: publication in Current BiologyCredit: HHU / Nozomi Kawamoto If you open up a pea pod, you will find that all of the peas...
Researchers find cuttlebone’s microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’
Credit: Peter Means for Virginia Tech Ling Li has a lesson in one of his mechanical engineering courses on how brittle materials like calcium carbonate...
Halving the risk of infection following surgery
Credit: deborabalves (Pixabay) Surgeons could dramatically reduce the risk of infection after an operation by simply changing the antiseptic they use. New analysis by the...
Antibody test developed for COVID-19 that is sensitive, specific and scalable
Credit: University of Texas at Austin An antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin...
Harvard team uses laser to cool polyatomic molecule
Harvard researchers become first to cool polyatomic molecule using lightCredit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer After firing the lasers and bombarding the molecules with light, the...
Solutions to big problems: they’re in the (soft matter) solution
Credit: Virginia Tech For most people, a coffee stain may go unnoticed, an everyday accident. In the world of physics, though, learning more about why...
Shedding light on coral reefs
New research quantifies light availability on coral reef ecosystemsCredit: Eric Hochberg Earlier this year, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) senior scientist and coral reef...
First assessment of naturalized, invasive and potentially invasive plan
The research suggests that a range of invasive alien plants pose a series risk to the County - home to the second-highest number of endangered...
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