E4 Ecography Award for Ludmilla Figueiredo
Credit: Photo: Robert Emmerich / University of Wuerzburg Calcareous grasslands are dry, nutrient-poor habitats that occur frequently in the north of Bavaria. They are home...
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Sweet potato uses a single odor to warn its neighbors of insect attack
Odor induces a defense response in sweet potatoes to herbivores and protects other plants against potential invaders.Credit: Anja Meents, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology...
NASA-NOAA satellite analyzes a strengthening Typhoon Kammuri
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-SSEC-CIMSS, William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with infrared and nighttime views of Typhoon Kammuri that showed the storm continued...
Researchers at IRB Barcelona study how altered protein degradation contributes to the development of tumors
Credit: Francisco Martínez, IRB Barcelona. To understand the molecular bases of cancer, it is imperative to determine the genetic alterations responsible for the development and...
Decades old debate settled: Golgi key to maintenance of molecule-sorting station in cells
New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintainedCredit: Professor Jiro Toshima from the...
The tone of voice varies when cells communicate
Credit: Anna Larsson How cells communicate is the focus of a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg. "By studying mammalian cells, as well as...
Frankfurt archaeologists investigate ‘lost cities’ in Oman
Early career researcher Stephanie Döpper awarded funding by Gerda Henkel Foundation to study abandoned mud-brick settlements in OmanCredit: Stephanie Döpper Goethe University is sending researchers...
1940s blood samples reveal historical spread of malaria
Credit: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) DNA from 75-year old eradicated European malaria parasites uncovers the historical spread of one of the two most common...
Transregional research center examines the formation of Earth
The German Research Foundation funds a joint Collaborative Research Center between Freie Universität Berlin and Münster UniversityCredit: privat A Transregional Collaborative Research Center (CRC-TRR) run...
Scientist leads international team to crack 60-year-old mystery of Sun’s magnetic waves
Credit: Queen's University Belfast A Queen's University Belfast scientist has led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery of why the Sun's magnetic waves strengthen...
Solving the thermoelectric ‘trade-off’ conundrum with metallic carbon nanotubes
Strategy to bypass trade-off between thermoelectric voltage and conductivityCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used aligned "metallic" carbon...
LJI researchers reveal unexpected versatility of an ancient DNA repair factor
Based on its history, HMCES could be the most important protein you've never heard ofCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--If a bone...
Strategic collaboration agreement signed between ScienceOpen and Pensoft
Credit: ScienceOpen and Pensoft The research discovery platform ScienceOpen and Pensoft Publishers have entered into a strategic collaboration partnership with the aim of strengthening the...
First electrons turn in the new ESRF-EBS Storage Ring
Credit: ESRF/stef Cande 2 December 2019 - The first electrons have been injected in the new ESRF Extremely Brilliant Source storage ring according to schedule....
Significant developments in gamut mapping for the film industry
Presented in an article published on Nov. 14 in the journal IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine IntelligenceCredit: UPF Particularly in the film industry,...
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