Protein transport: The quickest route to the tip
According to a theoretical model developed by physicists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, in cell protrusions, cargo-transporting motor proteins often get in each other's way....
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Rocks that tell our industrial history
Credit: Nikole Arrieta / UPV/EHU "Because certain geological events record everything, studying them helps to reconstruct the environmental past and to determine how human beings...
Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab challenges high school students to give hacking a try
Loading video... Credit: Carnegie Mellon University CyLab PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University aims to build a talent pipeline into the cyber workforce by introducing computer...
Scientists overcome inaccessibility of caves through molecular genetic approach
An international group of scientists has used a novel highly sensitive method for detection of environmental DNA in groundwater to extend the poorly known range...
Litter is present throughout the world’s oceans: 1,220 species affected
Where is marine litter concentrated, and which species and ecosystems does it affect? Researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have for the first time compiled...
Unique wheat passes the test
Stronger legs in fast-growing broilers, reduced phosphorus emissions to the environment, improved health for undernourished populations in developing countries and better use of scarce resources...
How do we get young men in vocational schools to eat healthy?
It is well-documented that young people in vocational schools eat less healthy than students in upper secondary schools, and many of these habits continue into...
Hydrogen production: This is how green algae assemble their enzymes
Credit: RUB, Kramer Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have analysed how green algae manufacture complex components of a hydrogen-producing enzyme. The enzyme, known as the hydrogenase,...
SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting
Brussels--The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 27th Annual Meeting will draw 2,000 scientists from more than 60 countries from the Americas to...
The first crowdfunded study in Japan: Micro X-ray observation of a fleshy brittle star
Credit: Masanori Okanishi Not only have scientists from Japan performed the first non-destructive morphological observations on the Fleshy brittle star, Asteronyx loveni, using micro X-ray...
The future for people in the Arctic discussed at large international conference
Temperatures are rising, and life on earth changes. The fastest change takes place in the North, in the Arctic. That is a fact. But what...
Researchers warn of hazards of smoking and need for wider use of varenicline to quit
Credit: Florida Atlantic University More than 35 million Americans are trying to quit smoking. Smoking cigarettes causes 480,000 premature deaths each year due mainly to...
Color change test to help cancer research advance
A simple colour changing test to help scientists investigate potential cancer drugs has been developed by University of Bath scientists, allowing research to progress at...
The skin cancer screening paradigm: Reviewing current guidelines for detecting melanoma
The Future Science Group (FSG) journal Melanoma Management, today announces the publication of a new perspective article, in which over 50 leaders in the dermatology...
Transport of molecular motors into cilia
Credit: Esben Lorentzen Molecular motors produce the force that powers the beat of sperm cell tails to generate movement toward the egg cell for fertilization....
