UTIA research continues to advance biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products
Credit: T. Salvador, courtesy UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture continue to be at the forefront of the...
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UTA bioengineer earns AHA grant to study biomechanical influences on cardiac development
Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is working to determine which gene expressions affect the development of which parts of the...
Magnesium magnificent for plasmonic applications
Credit: Ringe Group/Rice University Rice University researchers have synthesized and isolated plasmonic magnesium nanoparticles that show all the promise of their gold, silver and aluminum...
Pigs that digest their nutrients could reduce pork industry’s carbon footprint
Giving pigs the ability to digest more nutrients in their grains could help reduce the pork industry's environmental impact, says new research published in eLife....
Malaria-causing parasite manipulates liver cells to survive
When the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite first slips into the human bloodstream, injected by the bite of an infected mosquito, it does not immediately target red...
From a model of fluids to the birth of a new field in computational physics
It may sound like the stuff of fairy tales, but in the 1950s two numerical models initially developed as a pet project by physicists led...
How Australia got planted
Credit: Courtesy of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network A new study has uncovered when and why the native vegetation that today dominates much of Australia first...
The gypsum gravity chute: A phytoplankton-elevator to the ocean floor
Tiny gypsum crystals can make phytoplankton so heavy that they rapidly sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the ocean's depths. Experts from the...
UNH researchers find invasive seaweed makes fish change their behavior
Credit: Kristin Mello/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - When it comes to finding protection and a safe feeding ground, fish rely on towering blades of seaweed, like...
Technique doubles conversion of CO2 to plastic component
Fossil fuels have long been the precursor to plastic, but new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and European collaborators could help send that era...
Two-and-a-half-year expedition ends in world’s most biodiverse protected area
Credit: CREDIT: Milieniusz Spanowicz/Wildlife Conservation Society. LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (May 22, 2018) -- After a two-and-a-half-year expedition through the world's most biodiverse protected area,..
Studies examine effect of testing frequency after treatment, surgery for colorectal cancer
Bottom Line: Two studies and a related editorial examined the effect of more or less frequent follow-up testing after treatment or surgery for colorectal cancer....
Annual Report to the Nation
The latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death rates continue to decline in men, women, and...
Building a brain, cell by cell: Researchers make a mini neuron network (of two)
Credit: 2018 Shoji Takeuchi, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo - The human brain is an exquisitely complex, organic CPU, made of...
Mount St. Helens’ many ecological lessons captured in new book
Credit: Ali Freibott, US Forest Service When Mount St. Helens erupted 38 years ago today, it not only dramatically transformed more than 200 square miles...
