Electric car batteries souped-up with fluorinated electrolytes for longer-range driving
College Park, Md. -- The success of electric car batteries depends on the miles that can be driven on a single charge, but the current...
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ASHG honors Mary-Claire King with ASHG Advocacy Award
Credit: (courtesy Dr. King) ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Mary-Claire King, PhD, as the 2018 recipient of the...
Genome damage from CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing higher than thought
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have discovered that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing can cause greater genetic damage in cells than was previously thought. These results...
Faster photons could enable total data security
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have solved a key puzzle in quantum physics that could help to make data transfer totally secure. The team...
Using ‘shade balls’ in reservoirs may use up more water than they save
Credit: Eric Garcetti Preventing reservoir evaporation during droughts with floating balls may not help conserve water overall, due to the water needed to make the...
Particulate matter increases drought vulnerability of trees
Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Particulate matter deposits on leaves increase plant transpiration and the risk of plants suffering from drought. Particulate matter could...
Missing bones and our understanding of ancient biodiversity
Credit: Tom Stubbs and Dan Driscoll Fossils come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from isolated fragments of bones and teeth to complete skeletons. Palaeontologists...
How our cells build different antennae to sense the world around us
Credit: Swadhin C. Jana Our body is made up of millions of cells that communicate with each other and with the environment using tiny antennae,...
Friendlier fish may be quicker to take the bait
Credit: Jason DeBoer, Illinois Natural History Survey URBANA, Ill. - The bluegill on your dinner plate might have been more social than the rest of...
How to build efficient organic solar cells
(Linköping University) Twenty-five researchers from seven research institutes have put their heads together to draw up rules for designing high-efficiency organic solar cells. The research...
Researchers find hidden signals in RNAs that regulate protein synthesis
Scientists have long known that RNA encodes instructions to make proteins. The building blocks that comprise RNA--A, U, C, and Gs--form a blueprint for the...
Getting to know the microbes that drive climate change
Credit: Scott Saleska COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new understanding of the microbes and viruses in the thawing permafrost in Sweden may help scientists better predict...
Startup innovates by developing IoT technology for forestry sector
Since its inception in 2016, Brazilian startup Treevia, based in Sao Jose dos Campos, São Paulo State, has been developing a remote forest monitoring system...
Study: Indigenous peoples own or manage at least one quarter of world’s land surface
Credit: Joan De La Malla NEW YORK (JULY 16, 2018) - Indigenous Peoples have ownership, use and management rights over at least a quarter of...
Overcoming a major barrier to developing liquid biopsies
Credit: Sigrid Knemeyer, SciStories LLC ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The idea of testing blood or urine to find markers that help diagnose or treat disease...
