Rice blast fungus discovery will drive crop innovation
Credit: Nick Talbot A secret weapon used by the killer rice blast fungus to infect host plants has been discovered in new research. Rice blast...
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New textbook explains human epigenetics to undergraduates
Credit: Springer The world's first undergraduate textbook on epigenetics focusing on humans has just been released by University of Eastern Finland Professor Carsten Carlberg and...
Findings bridge knowledge gap between pheromone sensitivity and courtship
Study in flies links fertility and the response strength of pheromone-sensing neuronsCredit: UC San Diego Just as humans use their noses for the sense of...
Virtual walking system for re-experiencing the journey of another person
Illusory walking sensation through pre-recorded oscillating optic flow and synchronous foot vibrationCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A research team consisting...
Distribution of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealed
Distribution and origin of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealedCredit: Satoshi Utsunomiya New method allows scientists to create a quantitative map of radioactive cesium-rich microparticle...
Livestream available: metal to metal oxide progression
Credit: OIST A catalyst's utility is influenced by its surface charge and how that charge is transferred. Until recently, studying charge transfer has relied on...
Scientists discover method to create and trap trions at room temperature
A UMD-led team chemically engineered carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap trions -- quasi-particles potentially useful in bioimaging, chemical sensing and quantum computingCredit: Hyejin Kwon...
How hunger makes food tastier: a neural circuit in the hypothalamus
Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki identify the neural pathways that cause hunger-induced increases in the preference for sweet foods and...
Factors that predict obesity by adolescence revealed
Credit: i-yunmai Three simple factors that predict whether a healthy weight child will be overweight or obese by adolescence have been revealed in a new...
Seven Los Alamos scientists honored as 2019 Laboratory fellows
Brian Albright, Patrick Chain, Dana Dattelbaum, Michael Hamada, Anna Hayes-Sterbenz, Michael Prime and Laura Smilowitz become part of a prestigious fellowshipCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Nanomesh drug delivery provides hope against global antibiotic resistance
The fight against antibiotic resistance takes a major step forward with scientists discovering a concept for fabricating nanomeshes as drug delivery systemCredit: Flinders University The...
Society is rejecting facts; medical researchers can help
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University One study says coffee is good for you, while another study says that it's not. They're both right, within...
Bolivian forager-farmers with amazing heart health are split over what makes a good life
Lifestyle may be central to maintaining health in a small society undergoing change in livelihood and nutrition, Baylor University researcher findsCredit: Juan Pablo Ticona-Contreras A...
In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes
Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at riskCredit: CDC (Millbrook, NY) Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more mosquitoes, but they are larger-bodied,...
UW study advances alignment of single-wall carbon nanotubes along common axis
Credit: University of Wyoming A University of Wyoming researcher and his team have shown, for the first time, the ability to globally align single-wall carbon...
