THE IADR/AADR publish JDR special issue on head and neck cancer
Alexandria, VA, USA - The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published a special issue in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR)...
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Global 2 degrees C rise doubles population exposed to multiple climate risks compared to 1.5 degrees C
New research identifying climate vulnerability hotspots has found that the number of people affected by multiple climate change risks could double if the global temperature...
Recent trends of marriage in Iran
Data about marriages in Iran points to the declining number of formal (arranged) marriages in recent decades despite strong cultural and religious traditions favoring such...
World’s strongest bio-material outperforms steel and spider silk
Credit: Credit: Nitesh Mittal, KTH Stockholm At DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III, a team led by Swedish researchers has produced the strongest bio-material that...
Small birds almost overheat while feeding their young
For decades, researchers have thought that access to food determined the brood size of birds. Now, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a...
PNNL successfully vitrifies three gallons of radioactive tank waste
Credit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. -- In a first-of-its-kind demonstration, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have vitrified low-activity waste from unde..
Scientists’ new way to identify microscopic worm attacking coffee crops
The plants which produce one of the most popular drinks in the world, coffee, are targeted by a microscopic worm, but scientists are fighting back....
Pay-backs to Africa from the Paris Agreement’s temperature targets
Credit: Shingirai S. Nangombe Africa is arguably one of the regions most vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change. With average temperatures in Africa rising...
Tailor-made synthesis of cyclic chemicals by means of enzymes
Credit: Bielefeld University Penicillin-based antibiotics contain a five-membered hydrocarbon cycle, additionally incorporating a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. Nadine Zumbrägel, doctoral student at th..
Mutation discovered to protect against Alzheimer’s disease in mice
Credit: © RIKEN National Science Institute Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a mutation that can protect against Alzheimer's disease in...
Hydrogen peroxide assists sexual reproduction in spruce
Credit: Maria Breygina Plant physiologists from MSU proved for the first time that dangerous reactive oxygen species that are often considered as by-products of energy...
Exercise beats genetics in determining amount of body fat
CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 16, 2018)--With obesity now a global epidemic, there is increased focus on risk factors that contribute to weight gain, especially in postmenopausal...
EMBO Gold Medal 2018 awarded to Marek Basler and Melina Schuh
Heidelberg, 16 May 2018 - The recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2018 are Czech microbiologist Marek Basler and German biochemist Melina Schuh. Young independent...
Cell type switch helps colon cancer evade treatment, study suggests
Credit: Schmidt et al., 2018 Researchers in Germany have discovered that colon cancers are often resistant to existing drug treatments because they are composed of...
Hippo waste causes fish kills in Africa’s Mara River
Credit: Christopher Dutton (Millbrook, NY) Ecologists have long known that agricultural and sewage pollution can cause low oxygen conditions and fish kills in rivers. A...
