More exact, ethical method to tell the sex of baby chickens
Thanks to an imaging technique called optical spectroscopy, it is possible for hatcheries to accurately determine the sex of a chick within four days of...
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Microseeding: A new way to overcome hemihedral twinning?
Credit: Harada et al. Twinning is a crystal-growth disorder in which the specimen is composed of distinct domains whose orientations differ but are related in...
UMass Amherst and Boston-based PCL Inc. offer new tool for biotech research
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A group of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers who are stewards of the campus' plant cell culture library (PCCL)...
Researchers achieve meter-scale optical coherence tomography for first time
Credit: James G. Fujimoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- An industry-academic collaboration has achieved the first optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of cubic meter...
First experimental evidence of 3-D aromaticity in stacked antiaromatic compounds
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Aromatic molecules consist of planar carbon-based rings with alternating single and double (Ï€) bonds. These molecules contain 4n+2 (n...
The pill won’t kill your sexual desire, researchers say
Amsterdam, December 15, 2016 - Taking the pill doesn't lower your sexual desire, contrary to popular belief, according to research published in The Journal of...
Inaugural Walter Kohn Prize awarded to Chinese physicist
The inaugural Walter Kohn Prize for quantum-mechanical materials and molecular modeling has been awarded to Professor Yanming Ma, a researcher from Jilin University in Changchun,...
Macromolecules: Light to design precision polymers
Credit: (Graphics: KIT) Chemists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have succeeded in specifically controlling the setup of precision polymers by light-induced chemical reactions. The...
How brain tissue recovers after injury
Credit: Kobe University A research team led by Associate Professor Mitsuharu ENDO and Professor Yasuhiro MINAMI (both from the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology,...
When horses are in trouble they ask humans for help
Credit: Kobe University Research Fellow Monamie RINGHOFER and Associate Professor Shinya YAMAMOTO (Kobe University Graduate School of Intercultural Studies) have proved that when horses face...
Biodegradable polymer coating for implants
Credit: (Photo: KIT) Medical implants often carry surface substrates that release ac-tive substances or to which biomolecules or cells can adhere better. However, degradable gas-phase...
Funding for new treatments for malnourished children
Almost half of child deaths around the world involve malnutrition, with the highest mortality for severe acute malnutrition (SAM). A consortium of researchers including groups...
Tracking down therapy-resistant leukemia cells
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Dr. Irmela Jeremias from Helmholtz Zentrum München and her colleagues have succeeded in finding a...
Cancer registries in resource-constrained countries can inform policy to reduce cancer burden
Oxford, December 15, 2016 - Data from population-based cancer registries are vital for informing health programs, policies and strategies for cancer screening and treatment. A...
Manchester set to get around £42 million boost for cancer research
(University of Manchester) Manchester is set to receive a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK.The charity plans to invest around £39 million over the...