Credit: Chan et al., 2016 Conventional, high-dose chemotherapy treatments can cause the fibroblast cells surrounding tumors to secrete proteins that promote the tumors' recurrence in...
Three independent methods of modelling climate change impact on yield display the same bleak tendency: When global temperature increases, wheat yield will decline. This is...
A broad range of microorganisms, including phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria, are capable of producing volatile compounds that encourage plant growth, flowering and the accumulation of...
When you are in the supermarket contemplating which vegetables to buy, nitrogen is hardly the first thing on your mind. However, the products on the...
Credit: Ohio State University INDIANAPOLIS -- Peter J. Embi, MD, MS, who joins the Regenstrief Institute as president and CEO on December 15, has been...
CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 22, 2016 - New Rhein Healthcare Investors LLC ("New Rhein"), an investment firm focused on healthcare therapeutics and medical devices, today announced...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Laboratory rats will drink alcohol if it's available, and may even get a little tipsy, researchers...
Credit: Bruno et al. Haptic interfaces have been readily adopted because of their intuitive ease of use and convenience. Obvious examples are the screens for...
Birds prefer to fly between the gardens of leafy suburban neighbourhoods to visit bird feeders than city terraces or new-build estates, a ground-breaking study tracking...
A study co-led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has found that people with genes for high educational achievement tend to marry, and have...
(Linköping University) Molecules that change color can be used to follow in real-time how bacteria form a protective biofilm around themselves. This new method, which...
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - November 23, 2016 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vaccine that...
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Researchers have revealed new atomic-scale details about pesky deposits that can stop or slow chemical reactions vital to fuel production...
Starch is only produced by plants and algae. Now, it can also be produced by yeast - or, at any rate, by the yeasts in...
The spherical mechanical seal which can automatically adjust the contact state of sealing surfaces is proposed to replace the frequently-used plane mechanical seal in order...
