Targeting how fungi ‘taste’ wheat could be key to developing control
Scientists believe new control strategies for Fusarium head blight could be developed by targeting how the fungus 'tastes' wheat plants Exploring how a hazardous fungal...
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Proteins stand up to nerve cell regression
Credit: Yingjie Zhang and Chwee Tat Koe SINGAPORE, 24 April 2019 - A study by Duke-NUS Medical School has found that members of the multiprotein...
Singapore scientists develop swallowable self-inflating capsule to help tackle obesity
Credit: NTU Singapore A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National University Health System (NUHS) has developed a self-inflating weight management...
Volume 4 of Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research — HIV is now published
This eBook is edited by Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, published on Feb. 26, 2019 The fourth volume of the series continues to bring forth informative volumes on...
Seminal approach to recycle platelet concentrates for stem cell culture
Credit: Authors In a paper to be published in a forthcoming issue of TECHNOLOGY, a consortium of researchers from Portugal have successfully conducted a proof-of-concept...
Antarctica: the final frontier for marine biological invasions?
A new study looking at the implications of increased shipping activity and the impact on Antarctic marine biodiversity is published this week in the journal...
USF receives new NIH grant to help eliminate malaria in Southeast Asia
The University of South Florida will work with researchers in Thailand and Myanmar to assess whether mass treatment with the drug primaquine can prevent relapses...
A new clue in the mystery of ALS, frontotemporal dementia
A special focus on rogue proteins may hold future promise in stopping the progression of nerve cell destruction in people who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
New discovery in how mammals sense the cold could lead to new pain relief drugs
Peer reviewed, Experimental analysis, Animals Researchers at UCL have shown for the first time that mammals detect different intensities of cold using distinct sensory neuron...
Disorders of sexual development may be more common in newborns than previously thought
Researchers find lower birth weight is associated with ambiguous genitalia in males WASHINGTON--Ambiguous genitalia in newborns may be more common than previously thought, according to...
Nanosized container with photoswitches: release of cargo upon irradiation in water
A versatile system with potential application for non-invasive drug deliveryCredit: ©Tokyo Tech Researchers at Tokyo Tech's Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science have developed a...
Computing leaders recognized for outstanding impact on the field
ACM acknowledges contributions of time and talent with prestigious service awardsCredit: Courtesy, ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today recognized four individuals with awards...
Polymer reversibly glows white when stretched
Credit: American Chemical Society Polymers that change their appearance in response to mechanical forces can warn of damage developing in a material before the stress...
Polymers to give early warning signs
Credit: Copyright Hokkaido University. Researchers at the University of Fribourg's Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a method to tailor...
Chinese-UK project reveals ancient secrets of medicinal mint
Credit: Botanikfoto, Royalty Free Image The precious chemistry of a plant used for 2000 years in traditional Chinese medicine has been unlocked in a project...
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