Mechanism vital to keeping blood stem cells functional uncovered
Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function -- and defective regulation of protein production is...
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Printed thermo-plasmonic heat patterns for neurological disorder treatment
Credit: KAIST A KAIST team presented a highly customizable neural stimulation method. The research team developed a technology that can print the heat pattern on...
Sowing strips of flowering plants has limited effect on pollination
Researchers at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research at Lund University have studied how pollination varies in different agricultural landscapes, by placing pots with...
The blue whale genome reveals the animals’ extraordinary evolutionary history
Credit: Florian Schulz Frankfurt am Main/ Germany, April 5, 2018. For the first time, scientists of the German Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Goethe...
Food allergy is linked to skin exposure and genetics
'It's a major advance in understanding how food allergy starts' There are potential ways to intervene early to avoid developing food allergy Limit use of...
European Research Council invests EUR 650 million in advanced frontier research
How does air pollution affect the development of baby's brains? Can innovative heart regeneration treatments increase the long-term survival of heart attack victims? How did...
Researchers develop transparent patch to detect dangerous food threats
Credit: McMaster University Is that meat still good? Are you sure? McMaster researchers have developed a test to bring certainty to the delicate but critical...
New blood test found to predict onset of TB up to two years in advance
Credit: ATS April 6, 2018 -- A new blood test has been found to more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis up to two years...
£1 million funds 7 grants for pancreatic cancer research
(Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund) Seven research projects have been awarded grants totaling £1.1 million by the UK medical research charity, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (PCRF)....
School lunch decisions made by the child and not the parent
Philadelphia, April 6, 2018 - While school lunches in the UK are subject to food standards, the contents of packed lunches are not as closely...
Experts team up to study bluefin tuna and confirm return to UK waters
Credit: Tom Horton Atlantic bluefin tuna are known for being amongst the biggest, fastest and most valuable fish in the sea. They were once a...
Genetics of the modern heirs of the Inkas shed new lights about their origins and lineages
A multinational South American team from Peru, Brasil and Bolivia led by the Universidad de San Martin de Porres at Lima, Peru, published the first...
Hybrid swarm in global mega-pest
Australian scientists have confirmed the hybridisation of two of the world's major pest species, into a new and improved mega-pest. One of the pests, the...
Caltech scientists breed bacteria that make tiny high-energy carbon rings
Credit: Caltech Caltech scientists have created a strain of bacteria that can make small but energy-packed carbon rings that are useful starting materials for creating...
NUS engineers pioneer greener and cheaper technique for biofuel production
Credit: National University of Singapore A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosa..
