How plants learned to save water
Credit: Stephan Liebig Tiny pores on the leaves of plants, called stomata, have a huge influence on the state of our planet. Through the stomata,...
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Dermal disruption: Amphibian skin bacteria is more diverse in cold, variable environments
Global survey of frog skin bacteria reveals microbiome rules of thumbCredit: Credit: Miguel Vences Amphibians are victims of lethal skin-disease epidemics. In the first global-scale...
New strategy improves efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 21, 2019--The efficiency of CRISPR genome editing tools targeted to the site of interest by...
Good news: Habitats worthy of protection in Germany are protected
Credit: Simone Langhans The world's largest coordinated network of protected areas is not located at the South Pole or in Australia, Africa, Asia or on...
How to treat depression in prison — and why it matters
First randomized study of its kind reveals effective treatment for prisoners suffering from mental illnessCredit: Royalty free image via Pexels Of the 4 million prisoners...
SNoOPI: A flying ace for soil moisture and snow measurements
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a new, highly promising technique for...
Fifteen-thousand-year friendship between hound and human under the microscope
It is often remarked that 'dogs look like their owners'; might there be more to the assertion than believed? A new research project at the...
Could saffron be as effective as stimulant medicines in treating ADHD?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 21, 2019--A new short-term pilot study in children and teens 6-17 years old with attention-deficit...
Foxes were domesticated by humans in the Bronze Age
Credit: J. A. Peñas In the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, between the third and second millennium BC, a widespread funeral practice consisted in burying...
PET scans show biomarkers could spare some breast cancer patients from chemotherapy
De-escalation of treatment strategies aims to minimize toxicity while maintaining efficacyCredit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center In an effort to further individualize therapy and avoid...
UBC researchers explore an often ignored source of greenhouse gas
Carbon dioxide is released during irrigation with lake water In a new study from UBC's Okanagan campus, researchers have discovered a surprising new source of...
Can mixing household cleaners kill you? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2019 -- When the bathroom starts looking grimy, and it's time to whip out yellow gloves, the...
Using E. coli to create bioproducts, like biodiesel, in a cost-effective manner
Credit: LSU College of Engineering BATON ROUGE - Who knew a potentially deadly bacteria could be used for good? LSU Mechanical Engineering graduate student Tatiana...
New mechanisms regulating neural stem cells
Credit: Source: Helmholtz Zentrum München The use of stem cells to repair organs is one of the foremost goals of modern regenerative medicine. Scientists at...
Robot teams to explore foreign worlds
Researchers plan to interconnect autonomous machines for joint execution of difficult tasks in the deep sea or on MarsCredit: Graphics: Theresa Lösch, KIT The Seven...
