Type Ia supernovae, nature's own “standard candles”, have been used for many years by astronomers to measure cosmological distances. These studies led to the…
The region is home to a striking mineral diversity, including deposits that indicate a variety of past environments that could have hosted life. Using the…
On April 19, 2017 at 0600 UTC (2 a.m. EST), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center noted that former Tropical Cyclone 02W was no longer suspect for tropical cyclone…
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) are formed upon oxidation of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. They account for a large fraction of fine…
For the first time, scientists have created a global map measuring the cooling effect forests generate by regulating the exchange of water and energy between…
As an embryo grows, neurons — the cells in the nervous system — extend axons into the developing spinal cord. Axons are then guided to reach other areas of…
Researchers used 120 pristine honeybee colonies that were placed near 30 apple orchards around New York state. After allowing the bees to forage for several…
From intelligent materials for the future through to optimised medical technology and new procedures for surface processing: through interdisciplinary…
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, has described a gene in Nicotiana attenuata which…
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant. Catching its prey, mainly insects, with a trapping structure formed by its leaves, the plants' glands…
At two sites in the Florida Keys, two in the US Virgin Islands, and in waters surrounding the Hawaiian island of Maui, coral reef degradation has caused sea…
The first Health Business Connect took place in July 2016 as a two-day meeting of high-tech companies focusing on medical technology in Besançon, France. The…
In order to enable foreign stem cells to multiply in the body and produce healthy blood cells, doctors first need to make room for them. This is achieved by…
Robot assistance systems and intelligent automation solutions can make a crucial future contribution to offering relief for workers by largely taking over…
Twenty years ago, the protein complex cohesin was first described by researchers at the IMP. They found that its shape strikingly corresponds to its function:…
Despite the century of work on bestrophinopathies and the identification of genetic mutations responsible for the conditions, no one had identified the…
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