Stormquakes: Powerful storms cause seafloor tremors
Scientists have discovered a new seismic phenomenon originating at the ocean floorCredit: Fan, McGuire, de Groot-Hedlin, Hedlin, Coats, and Fiedler SAN DIEGO, December 6, 2019...
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Discovery of a new protein gives insight into a long-standing plant immunity mystery
Credit: Robyn Roberts et al. When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade that switch on its defense mechanisms. One...
Gold Medal: TU Dresden team presents DipGene at Synthetic Biology’s largest innovation event
Credit: © iGEM TU Dresden A student team of the TU Dresden successfully showcased their DipGene project at the annual iGEM Giant Jamboree, the synthetic...
Scientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (FEB RAS) together with German...
Scientists use crabs to validate popular method to identify unknown human brain neurons
Study by MU scientist and team could contribute to future breakthroughs in understanding the brain and neurological diseasesCredit: University of Missouri "Being crabby" might have...
Synthesizing an artificial synapse for artificial intelligence
Pitt Engineer Feng Xiong receives $500K NSF Career Award for advancing AI neural network technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (Dec. 6,...
What happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 -- Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do they have limits? This week...
Dream Chemistry Award 2019 goes to Yujia Qing of University of Oxford
Credit: Tomas Bellon / IOCB Prague Yujia Quin of University of Oxford has won the 2019 Dream Chemistry Award, an international competition for young scientists...
Animated videos advance adoption of agriculture techniques
Credit: Michigan State University In remote areas with low literacy rates, showing animated videos in the local language demonstrating agricultural techniques results in high retention...
Dial-a-frog — researchers develop the ‘FrogPhone’ to remotely call frogs in the wild
Credit: Marta Yebra Alvarez Researchers have developed the 'FrogPhone', a novel device which allows scientists to call up a frog survey site and monitor them...
Discovery of genes involved in the biosynthesis of antidepressant
Hypericin in St. John's WortCredit: P. Rizzo / IPK The herb St John's Wort Hypericum perforatum has a long history as a medicinal plant. Greek...
Surface effects affect the distribution of hydrogen in metals
The researchers studied the distribution of hydrogen in metals in the process of standard testing for hydrogen cracking.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University The...
Island ‘soundscapes’ show potential for evaluating recovery of nesting seabirds
Conservation biologists are taking a holistic approach to acoustic monitoring for evaluating the effectiveness of restoration effortsCredit: Ian L. Jones) Nocturnal seabirds nesting on remote...
Bile duct biomarker? Protein found to pinpoint patients with a lethal cancer
Credit: Department of Molecular Oncology,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Biliary tract cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the bile ducts, which transport bile...
Using a molecular motor to switch the preference of anion-binding catalysts
Credit: R. Dorel / University of Groningen Many organic molecules are chiral, which means that they are non-superimposable on their mirror image. Those mirror images...
