Strong interaction between herbivores and plants
Credit: commonfree In the past decades, we have seen a dramatic decline in biodiversity around the world. Every day, species are irrecoverably lost on an...
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Climate change and an ‘overlooked’ nutrient: Silica
Among ecologists, carbon gets all the glory. Scientists examine its critical role in plant growth and decay, they chart its contributions to greenhouse gases, and...
SPICY: Discovery of new ginger species spices up African wildlife surveys
Credit: A.J. Plumptre/WCS Yet another endemic species for the DRC's Kabobo Massif has been discovered, bringing the number of unique species known for the region...
Major breakthrough in the manufacture of red blood cells
Researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red blood cells. The team, from the University of Bristol and...
New understanding of chronic lung inflammatory diseases unfolding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 23, 2017--Researchers studying chronic inflammation that can lead to the development of lung diseases such...
Are arm measurements better than BMI to assess nutrition status in child cancer survivors?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 23, 2017--Arm anthropometry is a simple method to determine if a person is overweight or...
Olfactory receptors: New molecular targets detected in colorectal cancer cells
Credit: RUB, Marquard Growth of colorectal cancer cells can be inhibited with the odorant troenan. This is reported by the research team headed by Prof...
Wastewater cleaned thanks to a new adsorbent material made from fruit peels
Credit: UGRdivulga Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), and from the Center for Electrochemical Research and Technological Development (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico..
Three ERC Advanced Grants to Stockholm University
Frank Wilczek, professor at the Department of Physics and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Johan Rockström, Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the...
Researchers focus on cell membranes to develop Alzheimer’s treatments
ANN ARBOR--Thin parts of the cell membranes of neurons turn out to be particularly vulnerable to a protein that collects in the brain of people...
Promising results obtained with a new electrocatalyst that reduces the need for platinum
Credit: Aalto University Platinum is a very expensive metal and it is therefore one of the bottlenecks hindering the growth of renewable energy. Platinum is...
Argon is not the ‘dope’ for metallic hydrogen
Credit: Image courtesy of Cheng Ji. Washington, DC--Hydrogen is both the simplest and the most-abundant element in the universe, so studying it can teach scientists...
Connected dolls and tell-tale teddy bears: Why we need to manage the Internet of Toys
Action is needed to monitor and control the emerging Internet of Toys, concludes a new report by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC). Privacy...
Penn Program in Environmental Humanities’ event explores the idea of an ‘Ecotopian Toolkit’
Prompted in part by the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia, the "Ecotopian Toolkit" conference at the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate how utopian imaginaries...
Printable device points toward sensor-laden robot skin
In this age of smartphones and tablet computers, touch-sensitive surfaces are everywhere. They're also brittle, as people with cracked phone screens everywhere can attest. Covering...
