How mangroves help keep the planet cool
Credit: Andre Rovai, LSU. Coastal scientists have developed a new global framework to more accurately assess how mangroves along different types of coastlines from deltas...
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Discovering ‘virtual’ resources in the national food system
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Nemi Vora PITTSBURGH (July 2, 2018) ... Does producing one ton of rice consume more water in Arkansas or California? Is...
Giant panda population research shows new challenges
Conservationists often work to save species without having long-term population data. That can present major challenges for the science of saving species, as this kind...
GE, Harvard professor stress college-corporate partnerships to build 21 century workforce
Credit: CFES For the first time in two decades there are more job opening in the United States than unemployed Americans. A lack of college-educated...
Anemones take the heat with a little help from their friends
Credit: © 2018 KAUST A core set of heat-stress-response genes has been identified in anemones in a study that also highlights the role of symbiotic...
Discovery of new biomarker could provide personalized treatment options for bladder cancer
A potential new target for treatment has been identified in an aggressive form of bladder cancer, Mount Sinai researchers report in a recent study. Bladder...
Antioxidant supplements fail to improve sperm quality in infertile men
Barcelona, 2 July 2018: Despite many study results suggesting that antioxidants have a positive effect on abnormal sperm parameters associated with male infertility, a large...
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change: High-quality science for sustainable forests
A new open-access journal, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research in all major forest science disciplines -- from molecules to ecosystems...
ESHG welcomes the Council of Europe’s new protocol on genetic testing
The Council of Europe's protocol on genetic testing for health purposes* came into force yesterday (Sunday 1 July). The protocol, an addition to the Convention...
Reward and unease are closely linked in the brain
(Linköping University) Mice that lack a certain receptor in the brain are attracted to situations associated with discomfort, such as inflammation and nausea, according to...
VTT develops piglet vaccination to reduce antibiotics use
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a vaccine, diluted into drinking water, to treat diarrhoea on piglets being weaned. The vaccine reduces the...
Mechanism leading to cortical malformation from brain-only mutations identified
Credit: KAIST Focal malformations of cortical development (FMCDs) are a heterogeneous group of brain cortical abnormalities. These conditions are the most common causes of medically...
A new twist on how parasites invade host cells
Credit: © Isabelle Tardieux Toxoplasmosis is a widespread infection caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which multiplies within a host and irreversible tissue damage. Humans...
Direct conversion of non-neuronal cells into nerve cells
Credit: Image/©: Marisa Karow It was already in 2012 that a team of scientists headed by Professor Benedikt Berninger first succeeded in reprogramming connective tissue...
Nature and science join forces to fight surgical infections
Credit: University of Adelaide South Australian researchers are embarking on a $20 million medical and manufacturing research project which could reduce the chance of infection...
