Extinction of Alpine plants may remain undetectable for a long time
Credit: Photo: ©Stefan Dullinger For alpine plant species, climate change presents a special challenge: To escape increased greenhouse warming, the species have to move to...
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A mutation giving leaves with white spots has been identified
Credit: Niels Sandal, Aarhus University Garden and potted plants with white spots on their leaves are so popular that they are specially selected for this...
Poultry feed with arsenic more problematic than assumed?
Supplements containing arsenic have been banned in the European Union since 1999 and in North America since 2013. In many countries they are still added...
Scientists track porpoises to assess impact of offshore wind farms
SOLOMONS, MD (MAY 5, 2017)--A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Cornell University and Duke...
Adaptive radiotherapy reduces pneumonitis while controlling lung cancer
Credit: Department of medical physics, Aarhus University, Denmark. Vienna, Austria: Lung cancer patients who are treated with radiotherapy can develop an inflammation of the lung...
ASGE highlighted sessions at Digestive Disease Week
CHICAGO - May 5, 2017 - Don't miss these American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) programs at Digestive Disease Week®: Saturday, May 6 ASGE Presidential...
Vitamin A deficiency is detrimental to blood stem cells
Many specialized cells, such as in the skin, gut or blood, have a lifespan of only a few days. Therefore, steady replenishment of these cells...
American Scientific publishers give UTA physicist Wei Chen Best Paper Award
Credit: UTA American Scientific Publishers, a publisher of scientific journals and books in the fields of science, engineering, and technology, has given Wei Chen, a...
Giving a single, high dose of radiation directly to the site of a prostate tumor is safe
Vienna, Austria: Doctors have found that treating prostate cancer with a single, high dose of radiation delivered precisely to the site of the tumour results...
International forum ‘International Polytechnic Week 2017’
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University International Forum "International Polytechnic Week 2017" will take place May 22-27, 2017 at Peter the Great St. Petersburg...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Donna blanket Vanuatu
Credit: Credits: NASA The 80 plus islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu were blanketed by the clouds of Tropical Cyclone Donna when NASA's...
Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells
A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the highest-ever conductivity in its class....
Internet of things sensors could connect via ambient radio waves
Internet of things (IoT) systems usually link networks of sensors via radio, but radios demand battery power thus limiting usability. Disney Research has determined that...
International forum ‘International Polytechnic Week 2017’
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University International Forum "International Polytechnic Week 2017" will take place May 22-27, 2017 at Peter the Great St. Petersburg...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Donna blanket Vanuatu
Credit: Credits: NASA The 80 plus islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu were blanketed by the clouds of Tropical Cyclone Donna when NASA's...
