‘Super sponge’ promises effective toxic clean-up of lakes and more
Mercury is very toxic and can cause long-term health damage, but removing it from water is challenging. To address this growing problem, University of Minnesota...
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Caught on camera — chemical reactions ‘filmed’ at the single-molecule level
Credit: The University of Nottingham Scientists have succeeded in 'filming' inter-molecular chemical reactions - using the electron beam of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) as...
When green means stop
Credit: IST Austria Optogenetics, the approach to use light to control key processes, has revolutionized how researchers investigate cellular signaling pathways, cellular behavior and the...
NASA taking first steps toward high-speed space ‘internet’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA is developing a trailblazing, long-term technology demonstration of what could become the high-speed internet of the sky. The...
Spreading rumors on Twitter and mistaking retweets for truth
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 22, 2017--A new study of the believability of information received via Twitter and the intention...
Sea urchin spines could fix bones
Credit: Credit: American Chemical Society More than 2 million procedures every year take place around the world to heal bone fractures and defects from trauma...
Minitablets help medicate picky cats
Credit: Jaana Hautala Of all pets, cats are often considered the most difficult ones to medicate. Very small minitablets with flavours or flavour coatings can...
Accounting for sex differences in biomedical research
When it comes to health, a person's sex can play a role. More women in the U.S. have autoimmune diseases than men, for example, whereas...
How do metals interact with DNA?
Credit: Copyright: Juan J. Nogueira, University of Vienna To fight cancer, every year thousands of chemical substances are screened for their potential effects on tumor...
After the epigenome: The epitranscriptome
Credit: IDIBELL Our genome is made up of 6,000 million pieces of DNA that combine four "flavors": A, C, G and T (Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine...
Scientists follow seeds to solve ecological puzzle
Credit: Steve Kroiss What bothers a plant? Why are some plants rare while others are common? Are the rare plants simply adapted to rare habitat...
NIFA announces $11 million to support specialty crop pest management
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $11 million in available funding through the Minor Crop Pest...
USDA announces $11 million to support antimicrobial resistance research
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 21, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $11 million in available...
Salmon with side effects
Credit: Norbert Kamjunke Salmon lead a fairly varied life. The adult fish live in the sea but swim upstream into rivers to reproduce and lay...
Quadruped robot exhibits spontaneous changes in step with speed
Loading video... Credit: Akio Ishiguro The research group of Professor Akio Ishiguro and Assistant Professor Dai Owaki of Tohoku University have, for the first time,...