Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Somatic stem cells are microscopic workhorses, constantly regenerating cells throughout the body: skin and the...
Credit: American Chemical Society Electric vehicles and most electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers, are powered by lithium-ion batteries. Until now, manufacturers...
Moss, one of the world's oldest plants, is surprisingly in tune with the atmosphere around it. Now in a study appearing in ACS' journal Analytical...
Scientists estimate that half a billion people in the world lack sufficient water to meet their daily needs, and that number is only expected to...
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering During graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Warren Ruder wondered if it might be possible to genetically...
In the Mediterranean region, there are numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites in low-lying coastal areas. These include, for example, the Venetian Lagoon, the Old City...
Human Evolution Beyond Biology and Culture: Evolutionary Social, Environmental and Policy Sciences (Cambridge University Press, October 2018) is a new book written by ICREA Research...
Scientists have revealed the intricate process that bone cells use to repair themselves after mechanical injury, according to a study in the open-access journal eLife....
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 17, 2018--A new study presents a novel method of using a microfluidic flow cell array...
The first detailed analysis of air pollution trends in China reveals a 20 per cent drop in concentrations of particulate pollution over the last three...
Researchers have discovered a novel consequence of loss of the tumour protein p53 that promotes cancer development, according to new findings in eLife. The study...
With scarce nutrients and weak gravity, growing potatoes on the Moon or on other planets seems unimaginable. But the plant hormone strigolactone could make it...
Credit: University of Bristol A new statistical tool to help target resources following deadly natural disasters has been created by the University of Bristol, allowing...
Despite the widespread application of zinc oxide nanoparticles in biomedicine, their use is still a controversial issue. Zinc oxide nanoparticles were are reported to have...
Credit: (Photo: Carsten Costard) Big storage capacities, short charging times, and no burnable liquid electrolytes - the solid-state battery is to enable safe electric mobility...
