Bolder targets needed to protect nature for people’s sake
Credit: The University of Queensland Associate Professor Martine Maron, Dr Jeremy Simmonds and Professor James Watson from UQ's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences say...
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In the gaping mouth of ancient crocodiles
Credit: Artist: Viktor Rademacher The mouth of today's crocodilians inspires fear and awe, with their wide gape and the greatest known bite force in the...
Using gold nanoparticles to trigger sequential unfolding of 3D structures
Credit: Sumeet Mishra Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that takes advantage of gold nanoparticles to trigger the sequential unfolding...
Rewiring plant defence genes to reduce crop waste
Plants can be genetically rewired to resist the devastating effects of disease - significantly reducing crop waste worldwide - according to new research into synthetic...
Cementless fly ash binder makes concrete ‘green’
Credit: Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 18, 2018) - Rice University engineers have developed a composite binder made primarily of fly ash, a...
Joint paper identifies one of Mesoamerica’s last intact forest blocks
Credit: WCS NEW YORK (June 18, 2018)-- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Yale University have created a plan to preserve one of the last...
University of Münster awards Transfer Prize for 2 projects
(University of Münster) A brace of awards: as before, in 2016, the Rectorate of the University of Münster has again awarded two Transfer Prizes this...
Research shows how a moderate dose of alcohol protects the heart
For at least 20 years, research has shown that for many people, moderate consumption of alcohol can protect the heart, but the reason for this...
New method to preserve boy cancer patient fertility being developed at Ben-gurion U.
NEW YORK, June 18, 2018 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center researchers in Beer-Sheva, Israel are developing a cell...
Researchers explore whether smarter animals are bigger troublemakers
Credit: Lisa Barrett You have probably encountered a raccoon raiding the trash in your neighborhood, seen a rat scurrying through the subway or tried to...
Neuroscientists map brain’s response to cold touch
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have mapped the feeling of cool touch to the brain's insula in a mouse model. The findings, published in the June...
Insilico to present latest advances in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for drug discovery
Monday, June 18, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence for drug discovery, biomarker development..
Addgene keeps flow of CRISPR plasmids fast and affordable
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 18, 2018--As a key global enabler of the revolutionary genome editing technology known as CRISPR,...
Novel information about the effects of in vitro fertilization on embryonic growth
It is known that in vitro fertilization, IVF, can affect the size of the newborns. Children derived from fresh embryo transfer have smaller birth weight,...
Five new Pew-Stewart Scholars to pursue innovative cancer research
PHILADELPHIA--The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust announced today the 2018 class of Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research. The five independent,...
