Cell economics 101
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Every time we swallow food, cells that line the intestines must step up their activity in a sudden and dramatic...
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Oxford University Press to publish American Society for Nutrition Journals
Oxford University Press and the American Society for Nutrition are pleased to announce a new partnership to publish the society's four prestigious research journals, the...
Climate change projected to significantly increase harmful algal blooms in US freshwaters
Credit: Hans W. Paerl, Ph.D a study co-author/University of North Carolina MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE (August 15, 2017) - Harmful algal blooms known to pose risks to human...
Plant-produced polio vaccines could help eradicate age-old disease
Credit: Dimond Light Source & Oxford University Plants have been used to produce a new vaccine against poliovirus in what is hoped to be a...
Development of nanosensor capable of detecting herbicide and its target enzyme binding
Credit: Fabio L. Leite Due to the increased usage of agrochemicals, especially herbicides, in recent decades, high cumulative levels of herbicides have been polluting soil...
Mercury is altering gene expression
Credit: © Dartmouth College Electron Microscope Facility, Louisa Howard The mercury found at very low concentrations in water is concentrated along the entire food chain,...
Deep-UV probing method detects electron transfer in photovoltaics
Sensitized solar cells consisting of a molecular or solid-state sensitizer that serves to collect light and inject an electron into a substrate that favors their...
Two new beetle genera and 4 new species from the Australopacific in a new monograph
Credit: Birgit Rhodes Amid his ongoing revisionary work on a number of hister beetle genera, the Slovakian-born naturalised Dutch entomologist and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation...
Dr. Sebastian Groh first winner of the Renewable Transformation Challenge
Credit: ME SOLshare Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, and the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), today announced Dr. Sebastian Groh...
Will ketamine treat your depression? Check your activity monitor
Philadelphia, PA, August 14, 2017 - During a depressive episode, people often report having reduced energy, feeling slowed down and having reduced interest in activities....
A new method for the 3-D printing of living tissues
Credit: credit Sam Olof/ Alexander Graham Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed a new method to 3D-print laboratory- grown cells to form living...
New device for refined neural recording in mice could transform dementia research
Credit: TaiNi image reproduced from the article referenced below, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Zhou Jiang, John R. Hux..
$2.3 million in federal funding to JAX to support studies of aging immune system
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer A new five-year federal research grant totaling $2,317,760 will fund studies by Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Assistant Professor Duygu...
Look ma, no hands: Researchers use vacuum for hands-free patterning of liquid metal
Credit: Michael Dickey, NC State University North Carolina State University engineers have utilized vacuum to create a more efficient, hands-free method for filling complex microchannels...
Rhapsody in red violet
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to the eye. Colored pigments attract pollinating insects, they protect...
