The secrets of secretion: isolating eucalyptus genes for oils, biofuel
Credit: Carsten Külheim/Michigan Tech What is the genetic basis for eucalyptus trees to produce that fragrant oil many of us associate with trips to the...
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Mining microbial treasures from toxic sites
Filled with a noxious brew of copper, cadmium and arsenic, with a pH rivaling that of sulfuric acid, Montana's Berkeley Pit seems inhospitable to life....
When sand behaves like oil
Credit: ETH Zurich / Alexander Penn Sand, rice and coffee are all examples of granular materials. The behaviour of granular substances plays a key role...
Statewide initiative doubles survival rates after severe TBI
Arizona's EMS agencies impact thousands with state-of-the-art treatment TUCSON, Ariz. -- The implementation of a massive, statewide public health initiative led by University of Arizona...
Physicists propose perfect material for lasers
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Weyl semimetals are a recently discovered class of materials, in which charge carriers behave the way electrons and positrons do...
How do you find a virus that's completely unknown? Study says, look to the genome
Penn team of microbiologists and pulmonologists scan genome databases and find a new abundant viral family associated with diseaseCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Viruses, the...
American Cancer Society sets 2035 challenge goals
Mortality goal based on applying outcomes among healthier segments to entire population ATLANTA--May 8, 2019--The American Cancer Society has set a challenge goal to reduce...
World-class research performance that bloomed in an undergraduate class
Credit: ©DGIST A research that began in an experiment class for students in the DGIST School of Undergraduate Studies had an honor of winning publication...
Understanding the power of honey through its proteins
Honey is a culinary staple that can be found in kitchens around the world. Humans have used honey throughout history, and its long shelf life...
Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches
Credit: US Department of Energy WASHINGTON--Radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from 20th-century nuclear bomb tests has reached the deepest parts of the ocean, new...
Complex geology contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster, new study finds
Credit: US Coast Guard A study from The University of Texas at Austin is the first published in a scientific journal to take an in-depth...
Soaking up pharmaceuticals and personal care products from water
Medications excreted in the urine or dumped into the toilet can end up in the water supply, just like lotions or cosmetics that wash off...
Why some red wines taste ‘dry’
Wine connoisseurs can easily discriminate a dry red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, from a fruitier red, like Pinot Noir. Scientists have long linked the...
DGIST acquired the first KELAF Certification as a Daegu-Gyeongbuk Educational Institution
Credit: ©DGIST The DGIST Laboratory Animal Resource Center held a signboard hanging ceremony to celebrate its designation as a Korea Excellent Laboratory Animal Facility (KELAF)...
Great chocolate is a complex mix of science, physicists reveal
The science of what makes good chocolate has been revealed by researchers studying a 140-year-old mixing technique. Scientists have uncovered the physics behind the process...
