Bacterial mix helps predict future change
Credit: © 2019 KAUST Reproduced under a Creative Commons license 4.0 from reference 1 A controlled, laboratory approach, along with computer simulations, has helped KAUST...
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Award lecturers announced for Nutrition 2019
Register for a press pass to hear from leading experts on current advances and challenges in nutrition Renowned scientists and practitioners will address key topics...
The scientists are developing a technology for water purification by electric discharges
The environment around us is becoming increasingly polluted. This includes one of our most precious natural resources - water. Clean water is essential to human...
Biologists seeking to determine why body gets rid of DNA
Identifying the molecular genetic mechanisms of hybridogenesis will help understand the logic behind evolution Russian biologists, together with their colleagues from Japan, seek to determine...
A thorough characterization of structural variants in human genomes
Human genomes vary quite a bit from individual to individual. These differences include single nucleotide changes, or "spelling mistakes" in the DNA sequence, but even...
Army awards eight research grants to address complex challenges
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (April 15, 2019) - The U.S. Army awarded up to $50 million over five years to eight academic teams pursuing basic...
Researchers identify a new biomarker for personalized treatments against cancer
Credit: Saška Ivanova, IRB Barcelona Cancer cells are characterised by the ability to evade apoptosis, a type of programmed cell death that allows the organism...
Two medications from Kazan University awarded at International Exhibition of Inventions
The event took place on April 10-14 The compounds are among the eight prospective medications developed by Kazan University's Pharmaceutics Center. Codename KFU-01 is a...
What Earth’s gravity reveals about climate change
Researchers take stock of the GRACE satellite mission in Nature Climate ChangeCredit: AIRBUS/GFZ On March 17, 2002, the German-US satellite duo GRACE (Gravity Recovery and...
Scientists crack the code to regenerate plant tissues
Can epigenetics help us grow food more efficiently and combat global hunger? Plant regeneration can occur via formation of a mass of pluripotent cells. The...
Every third housing estate resident feels trapped
Involuntary staying, a type of housing trap, is a common experience among people living on housing estates, since around 1 in 3 residents feel that...
Microscopy in the body
FAU researchers develop the next generation of endoscopy technology Biotechnologists, physicists, and medical researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed technology for microscopic imaging in...
Study finds white sharks flee feeding areas when orcas present
Electronic tag data reveals white sharks do not return until following season; elephant seals benefit New research from Monterey Bay Aquarium and partner institutions published...
Eliminating routine but low-value preoperative tests for cataract surgery patients associated with cost savings
FINDINGS UCLA researchers found that eliminating routine but unnecessary procedures before people undergo cataract surgery has the potential to save costs and resources for hospitals...
Scientists of SibFU develop gilded nanodisks for medical purposes
Young scientists from SibFU together with their colleagues from FRC KSC SB RAS are developing a technology for creating multilayer gilded nanodisks for targeted drug...