How China can ramp up wind power
China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power — if it properly integrates wind into its existing power system, according to...
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Cooking temperature may hold clues to heart disease rates, scientists say
Food cooked at high heat may carry toxic chemicals that raise risk of heart disease, researchers have warned. Cooking at a lower heat could help...
Alien honeybees could cause plant extinction
Credit: Olivia Norfolk, Anglia Ruskin University New research indicates that introduced 'alien' honeybees are competing for resources with native bees and threatening the survival of...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the process involves not only proteins...
Many Midwestern retailers sell mislabeled invasive vines
Credit: Photo by David Zaya CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gardeners hoping to celebrate the beauty of American bittersweet – a native vine that produces orange berries...
Famous tree-climbing lions of Uganda roaming farther as prey animals decrease
Credit: A. Plumptre/WCS. KAMPALA, Uganda, May 11, 2017 – Scientists in Uganda studying the behaviors of the country's famous tree-climbing lions have found that the...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the process involves not only proteins...
UBC study finds family-friendly overpasses are needed to help grizzly…
Credit: UBC Okanagan Researchers have determined how female grizzly bears keep their cubs safe while crossing the Trans-Canada Highway. Adam Ford, Canada Research Chair in...
High yield, protein with soybean gene
Credit: Brian Diers Leftovers can be quite valuable. For instance, when soybean seed is crushed and the oil extracted, what's left is called soybean meal....
Growing gold: Researchers develop gold nanowires for biomedical procedures
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan. — Grown like a snowflake and sharpened with a sewing machine, a novel device by Kansas State University researchers...
New-generation material removes iodine from water
Credit: Chenfeng Ke / Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. – June 7, 2017- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine from...
Active genetics technology opens new horizons
Credit: Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego Publications In 2015, University of California San Diego biologists Ethan Bier and Valentino Gantz developed a breakthrough technology known...
Study highlights new link between gene fusion and bladder and brain…
Credit: University of Warwick Previously overlooked section of fusion found to worsen cancer cells Scientists finds section acts like a vacuum cleaner 'hoovering up' healthy...
Evidence-based action for a competitive, green and trusted European…
Credit: EU, 2017 Today the European Commission introduces a package of measures seeking to reconcile the ambition of world-leading environmental standards with increasing the competitiveness...
Incredible images reveal bacteria motor parts in unprecedented detail
Many bacteria swim using flagella – long tails that are attached to tiny motors made of proteins, just tens of nanometres wide. These motors spin...
