Plant’s response to heat stress fluctuates between day and night
Credit: The illustration is provided courtesy of Eunkyoo Oh. Stanford, CA--Climate change and recent heat waves have put agricultural crops at risk, which means that...
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Rain out, research in
Credit: Photo credit Surya Kant In many parts of the world, lack of sufficient water makes it difficult - or impossible - to grow crops....
Researchers reveal how cancer can spread even before a tumor develops
(New York, NY - December 12, 2016) -- Even before tumors develop, breast cancer cells with a few defined molecular alterations can spread to organs,...
TGen joins with Banner Health to study sports-related brain injuries
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Dec. 14, 2016 -- Banner Health and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced a partnership to find a quicker and...
Bring your own (security) disaster
Bring your own device (BYOD) to work is common practice these days. Almost everyone has a smart or a tablet and in many office and...
Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds
Credit: (Image: Per Bjerkeli/David Lamm/BOID) Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in the formation of...
New, complex call recorded in Mariana Trench believed to be from baleen whale
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A sound in the Mariana Trench notable for its complexity and wide frequency range likely represents the discovery of a new baleen...
Researchers work to improve the lifecycle of materials
When most living creatures get hurt, they can self-heal and recover from the injury. But, when damage occurs to inanimate objects, they don't have that...
Garth Powis named as NAI Fellow
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 13, 2016 - Garth Powis, professor and director of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery...
Researchers turn back the clock on human embryonic stem cells
Credit: Elias Zambidis and Yulian Zhao Johns Hopkins scientists report success in using a cocktail of cell-signaling chemicals to further wind back the biological clock...
McEwen Centre scientists produce functional heart pacemaker cells
(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 14, 2016) - Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells...
Predicting extinction — with the help of a Yule tree
Credit: Mariolys Rivas Montreal, December 14, 2016 -- At this time of year, the words "Yule tree" may conjure images of brightly decorated balsam firs....
University of Minnesota research shows people can control a robotic arm with only their minds
Credit: College of Science and Engineering Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a major breakthrough that allows people to control a robotic arm...
Researchers dial in to ‘thermostat’ in Earth’s upper atmosphere
Credit: NASA A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has found the mechanism behind the sudden onset of a "natural thermostat" in Earth's...
A population of neutron stars can generate gravitational waves continuously
Credit: Sudip Bhattacharyya Professor Sudip Bhattacharyya of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, and Professor Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT, USA), an adjunct visiting...
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