News about a plant hormone
Credit: Dirk Becker Jasmonic acid is not just the aromatic odor of the plant Jasminum grandiflorum used in cosmetics and perfume industries. Plants wounded by...
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Faulty sensing: Cellular energy sensor linked to the progression of chronic kidney disease
Credit: Department of Nephrology,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Chronic kidney disease (CKD), an affliction characterized by progressive loss of kidney function, affects millions of people worldwide...
Vitamin C may reduce harm to infants' lungs caused by smoking during pregnancy
Helping mothers quit smoking should still be primary goalCredit: ATS Dec. 7, 2018--Vitamin C may reduce the harm done to lungs in infants born to...
New book from CSHLPress: RNA Worlds: New Tools for Deep Exploration
Credit: © Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) today announced the release of "RNA Worlds:...
Fog computing: like cloud computing, but closer to you
University of Arizona-led research into 5G networks allows for remote surgery, autonomous vehicles and ever-faster processing speedsCredit: University of Arizona If you have a cellphone,...
WSU researchers create 3D-printed glucose biosensors
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - A 3D-printed glucose biosensor for use in wearable monitors has been created by Washington State University researchers. The work could...
Visualizing vitals through video
Researchers receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to capture vital signs via videoCredit: Penn State As biometric systems -- technologies which measure...
Yin and yang: Opposites in nature, fluoride and lithium, compete for higher energy batteries
Credit: Purdue University image/Brett Savoie WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The chemical element that makes up most of today's batteries, lithium, may soon be challenged by...
VCU researchers test effectiveness of anti-opioid vaccine
Credit: VCU Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are testing a vaccine against opioid abuse developed by the Scripps Research Institute in California. The vaccine is meant...
Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury suitable for transplant
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Organ procurement teams are sometimes leery of accepting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI), fearing they will harm...
Parrot genome analysis reveals insights into longevity, cognition
Genome of blue-fronted Amazon parrot compared with 30 other long-lived birdsCredit: Glaucia Seixas PITTSBURGH--Parrots are famously talkative, and a blue-fronted Amazon parrot named Moises -...
Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world
Credit: Photo by David Grémillet. Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds like penguins and terns by competing for the same prey sources, new research from the...
Could algae that are 'poor-providers' help corals come back after bleaching?
How much of the ability of a coral reef to withstand stressful conditions is influenced by the type of algae that the corals hosts?Credit: Arthur...
Parrot genome analysis reveals mutations favoring longevity and cognition
Credit: Glaucia Seixas, https://bluefrontedamazonproject.wordpress.com A genome analysis of traits in parrots and 26 other bird species revealed that parrots and other long-lived birds share high...
UA receives $1.2 million NIH grant to use AI to restore movement in paralyzed limbs
Credit: UA College of Medicine - Tucson Scientists now know that the brain controls movement in people by signaling groups of neurons to tell the...
