Salvage logging is often a pretext for harvesting wood
Credit: (Photo: Reinhold Weinberger, Bavarian Forest National Park management) Bia?owie?a Forest in Eastern Poland is one of the last remaining primeval forests in Europe. For...
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‘AGameOfClones’: Identification of transgenic organisms
Credit: Strobl/Stelzer, Goethe University Frankfurt To understand biological processes, researchers often use model organisms, such as mice, zebrafish and various species of insects, with the...
Compared to nomadic communities, Silk Road cities were urban food deserts
Credit: Photo by Michael Frachetti , Washington University in St. Louis Like passionate foodies who know the best places to eat in every town, Silk...
Tattoo electrodes from an ink-jet printer
Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz In the case of diagnostic methods such as electrocardiogram (ECG) and electromyography (EMG), gel electrodes are the preferred method of...
Research shows why we struggle to get good night’s sleep as we get older
New research has identified the way age impairs the ability of the circadian clock in mammals to re-set itself when exposed to light, resulting in...
New way of producing useful compounds from birch for the cosmetics industry
Credit: VTT VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has used plant cell culture technology to develop new types of ingredients for the cosmetics industry. Cell...
Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize for Jennifer Andexer
Credit: Photo: Thomas Kunz Junior professor Dr. Jennifer Andexer from the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Freiburg has received the Heinz Maier...
Mass extinction with prior warning
Mass extinctions throughout the history of the Earth have been well documented. Scientists believe that they occurred during a short period of time in geological...
$2.1 million enables creation of decision-support tools for pollinator health
The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Davis; the University of Minnesota; and Dickinson College...
Study reveals lack of self-awareness among doctors when prescribing opioids
AURORA, Colo. (March 27, 2018) - As health providers struggle to curb the epidemic of opioid abuse, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical...
Tackling adherence to treatment on several fronts
Credit: McGill University Health Centre Montreal, March 27, 2018 - Learning to become self-sufficient and responsible is part of life's journey through the teen and...
Preclinical testing suggests some antioxidants may be effective in treating mitochondrial disease
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A systematic study of seven antioxidants commonly taken by or suggested to benefit children and adults affected with mitochondrial disease...
Humans risked limb ischemia in exchange for bipedal walking
Credit: Dr. Yuichiro Arima Peripheral obstructive arterial disease develops when blood vessels narrow due to arteriosclerosis and blood flow in the legs (or rarely the...
AI improves touchscreen interfaces for users with impairments
Credit: Kochi University of Technology (KUT) Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, and Kochi University of Technology, Japan, developed a new algorithmic approach to user interface...
£3 million boost for Liverpool advanced materials and healthcare research
(University of Liverpool) The University of Liverpool has been awarded more than £3 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for two research...
