Climate predictions should include impacts of CO2 on life
Climate change predictions are not taking account of the full range of possible effects of rising carbon dioxide levels, researchers say. Scientists currently use models...
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MDI Biological Laboratory President Kevin Strange awarded $12 million NIH grant
The COBRE funding... Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that President Kevin Strange, Ph.D., has been awarded...
UW professor Daniel Schwartz wins highest US award for STEM mentors
Credit: University of Washington Seattle, WA (June 28, 2018)-- Daniel Schwartz, University of Washington (UW) Boeing-Sutter Professor of Chemical Engineering and Clean Energy Institute Director,...
Continental microbes helped seed ancient seas with nitrogen
Credit: Estelle Couradeau Like our oceans, today's continents are brimming with life. Yet billions of years ago, before the advent of plants, continents would have...
Research shows benefit of giant panda conservation far exceeds cost
Credit: WEI Fuwen The giant panda is a flagship species of wildlife conservation worldwide, and its black and white pelage and cute appearance attract people...
New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but conventional water-repellent coatings have been shown to persist...
Small bee ‘pollen thieves’ are not effective bumblebee substitutes, study shows
Credit: Dan Addison, University of Virginia Bumblebee populations are declining in the United States for a range of reasons - loss of habitat, pesticide use,...
Regional Earth system modeling: Review and future directions
Credit: Filippo Giorgi The regional climate modeling community is actively engaged in the development of regional earth system models (RESMs), applicable in different regional contexts....
HKUST scientists discover autophagy inhibitory peptides from giant ankyrins
Credit: Division of Life Science, HKUST Autophagy, meaning "self-eating" in Greek, is a general metabolic mechanism adopted by nearly all the eukaryotic species, from the...
The novel function of self-renewal factor of spermatogonial stem cells is identified
Credit: Seiji Takashima Ph.D., the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology in Shinshu University A research team found a novel function of fibroblast growth factor...
The scent of a man: What odors do female blackbuck find enticing in a male?
Credit: NCBS At Tal Chhapar, a wildlife sanctuary in the heart of the Thar desert, a strange drama is staged twice every year. In the...
Enzyme may get key role in drug design for breast cancer and brain condition
In recent years, researchers have focussed on the enzyme TLK2 suspecting it of playing a main role in several diseases. A new study conducted at...
Plant fossils provide new insight into the uplift history of SE Tibet
Credit: ©Science China Press The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau in the world, is well known as 'The Third Pole'. Tibet has also...
DBS treatment may slow the progression of Parkinson’s tremor in early-stage patients
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease patients, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released in...
Complication of ‘fat freezing’ procedure may be more common than thought
June 29, 2018 - Cryolipolysis is a noninvasive cosmetic procedure that eliminates excess fat by freezing it. But a complication called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH)...
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