Leaf sensors can tell farmers when crops need to be watered
Credit: Penn State Plant-based sensors that measure the thickness and electrical capacitance of leaves show great promise for telling farmers when to activate their irrigation...
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Fish food for marine farms harbor antibiotic resistance genes
From isolated caves to ancient permafrost, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes for resistance have been showing up in unexpected places. As scientists puzzle over how genes...
Biosensor could help diagnose illnesses directly in serum
In this age of fast fashion and fast food, people want things immediately. The same holds true when they get sick and want to know...
Protein turnover could be clue to living longer
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Aug. 30, 2017) It may seem paradoxical, but studying what goes wrong in rare diseases can provide useful insights...
Dog walkers motivated by happiness, not health
It appears to be a case of 'do what makes you happy' for people who regularly walk their dogs. According to new University of Liverpool...
Some birds better than others at adjusting to habitat degradation
Credit: M.C. Sagario Before habitat degradation from impacts like grazing begins to cause population declines, the first response by wildlife usually comes in the form...
Two-stage approach to risk-reducing mastectomy improves results for women with large breasts
Aug. 29, 2017 - For women undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, reconstruction can be challenging in those with larger breasts. A two-stage approach...
Expanding the reach of therapeutic antibodies
Credit: Camilla De Nardis, Linda J. A. Hendriks, Emilie Poirier, Tudor Arvinte, Piet Gros, Alexander B. H. Bakker and John de Kruif A group of...
Designing novel biologic agents to target colorectal cancer
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 28, 2017--New biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies in clinical development, designed to...
HPV vaccination rates especially low among childhood cancer survivors
ASCO Perspective Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, ASCO Expert in Cancer Survivorship "More than ever before, young cancer survivors are living long lives after treatment, but...
How new blood vessels sprout
Credit: IBS New blood vessels branch out of preexisting ones is via a process called angiogenesis. Although this is essential for survival, development and wound...
Pathway’s power to boost, halt tumors may be promising cancer therapy target
A protein, called inositol-requiring enzyme 1 -- IRE1 -- may serve as a key driver in a series of molecular interactions that can both promote...
A new estimate of biodiversity on Earth
Credit: Brendan B. Larsen, Elizabeth C. Miller, Matthew K. Rhodes, and John J. Wiens Anyone who has studied biology, watched a nature documentary, or, for...
New mini tool has massive implications
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere -- and that's...
Faulty DNA repair depresses neural development
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) DNA is the computer code that programs every event in the body. Despite the importance of DNA fidelity, as the...
