Modern slavery promotes overfishing
Credit: Valentina Ruiz Leotaud. Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are 'hidden subsidies' that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable and promote overfishing, new re..
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An overlooked giant: Useful and abundant, African ‘Zam’ palm newly described for science
Credit: Thomas L.P. Couvreur Common sight along road sides in south Cameroon and western Gabon, and growing in hard-to-be-missed dense colonies, it remains a mystery...
Protecting adult female north atlantic right whales from injury and death key to recovery
Why is the endangered western North Atlantic right whale population growing far more slowly than those of southern right whales, a sister species also recovering...
IOB contributes to one of four new #BertarelliNeuro research projects
The Bertarelli Foundation has awarded collaborative research grants to four teams of scientists representing Harvard Medical School, its affiliated teaching hospitals, and the Institute of...
Hunt for interesting metabolites with the antiSMASH database
Credit: Anne Lykke/DTU The antiSMASH tool can help researchers find bacterial genes responsible for the biosynthesis of interesting metabolites such as new antibiotics, pesticides, and...
Improving the understanding of death receptor functions in cells
Credit: Sjoerd van Wijk An effective regulation of programmed cell death is crucial for the correct development of embryos, a working innate immune system, and...
Doing the wave: how stretchy fluids react to wavy surfaces
Credit: OIST Viscoelastic fluids are everywhere, whether racing through your veins or through 1,300 kilometers of pipe in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Unlike Newtonian fluids, such...
Artificial sensor mimics human sense of touch
A team of researchers have developed an artificial tactile sensor that mimics the ability of human skin to detect surface information, such as shapes, patterns...
Powered by windows: enhanced power factor in transparent thermoelectric nanowire materials
The increase of thermoelectric power factor by introducing nanowires. Embedded-ZnO nanowire structure exhibited a thermoelectric power factor 3 times larger than that of ZnO film...
White wine, lemon juice combo prevents unwanted discoloration of pastry dough
No matter if it's grandma's cookies or commercially produced rolls, pastry lovers expect their baked goods to have a certain "golden brown" allure -- but...
A bionic mushroom that generates electricity
Credit: American Chemical Society In the quest to replace fossil fuels, scientists are always on the lookout for alternative, environmentally friendly sources of energy. But...
‘Bionic mushrooms’ fuse nanotech, bacteria and fungi
Credit: Sudeep Joshi, Stevens Institute of Technology In their latest feat of engineering, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have taken an ordinary white button...
Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument home to rich bee diversity
Credit: Joseph S. Wilson, USU LOGAN, UTAH, USA - The state of Utah's nickname is "The Beehive State," and the moniker couldn't be more apt,...
UTSA constructs world’s most comprehensive digital roadmap to unlock male infertility
(San Antonio, Nov. 7, 2018) -- Millions of couples who have trouble conceiving may get relief from new research led by scientists at The University...
Can social media lead to labor market discrimination?
A new Journal of Economics & Management Strategy study investigates whether social media may be used as a source of information for recruiters to discriminate...
