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...
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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....
Mobile gold fingers
Drugs containing gold have been used for centuries to treat conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, they might be effective against cancer and HIV. One...
Six High Performance Computing centers to be officially launched at Thinktank
Six High Performance Computing (HPC) centres that will give academics and industry access to powerful computers to support research in engineering and the physical sciences,...
Subtle steric differences reveal a model for Ni cross-coupling success
A new strategy for ligand design may enable challenging metal-catalyzed cross couplings reactions that are indispensable to drug development, according to a study published in...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Debbie form and strengthen
Credit: Credits: NRL/NASA The tropical low pressure area previously known as System 91P has developed into a tropical cyclone named Debbie in the Southern Pacific...
