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Fruit Flies: How Taste and Smell Work Together in Nature

A new study sheds light on how fruit flies get their keen sense of smell.

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Discover Key Innovations at Photonics Congress China 2016

Conferences at the PHOTONICS CONGRESS CHINA 2016:

Life & Chemistry

Smithsonian Scientists Uncover Mesozoic Butterfly-Like Fossil

Large butterfly-like insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings, which fluttered through Eurasian fern- and cycad-filled woodland during the Mesozoic Era, have…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Microbial Ecosystems for Clues on Early Earth Life

New research from a University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led science team provides new insight into one of the world's…

Life & Chemistry

New Method for Generating Vital Embryonic Neural Crest Cells

Neural crest cells arise early in the development of vertebrates, migrate extensively through the embryo, and differentiate to give rise to a wide array of…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Diatoms: Nature’s Tiny Powerhouses of Innovation

Diatoms are unicellular algae that are native in many waters. They are a major component of marine phytoplankton and the food base for a large variety of…

Environmental Conservation

Catching Sluggish Electrons: Light’s Role in Faster Electronics

In the race to establish ever-faster electronics, light could play an important role. For instance, using light pulses of a precisely controlled waveform,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Key Drug Targets for Better Treatments

A wide variety of drugs such as beta-blockers against high blood pressure or drugs against allergies, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, HIV and others bind to cell…

Life & Chemistry

Rostock Tissue Bank Partners with Tissue Regenix for Innovation

Tissue Regenix Group plc is a leading international company in the development of regenerative implants based on cell-free tissue. This is the first time that…

Life & Chemistry

Fluorescence Microscopy: Visualizing Biomolecules in Cells

Fluorescence microscopy allows researchers to visualise biomolecules in cells. They label the molecules using fluorescent probes, excite them with light and…

Materials Sciences

World’s Smallest Lattice Structure: Breakthrough by KIT Scientists

KIT scientists now present the smallest lattice structure made by man in the Nature Materials journal. Its struts and braces are made of glassy carbon and are…

Earth Sciences

Greenland ice sheet releasing 'Mississippi River' worth of phosphorus

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient that feeds plankton at the base of the ocean food web. Glacial meltwater has long been known to contain phosphorus, but now…

Life & Chemistry

Four new algae species discovered in Hawaii's deep waters

Heather Spalding, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii Department of Botany and lead author of the study, said, “I was astounded at the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

JULABO's New Presto<sup>®</sup> W50 and W50t – High dynamic temperature control systems for laboratories and industrial applications

The new water-cooled PRESTO® models are available in two versions: the W50 and the W50T with increased heating capacity. Both models cover an extremely broad…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Insect Secrets: Molecular Advances in Shells

The same things that work with fruit flies (Drosophila) – one of developmental biologists’ favorite animals to study – can generally also be applied to other…

Earth Sciences

North Atlantic Ocean CO2 Storage Increased by 50% in Decade

A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study shows that the North Atlantic absorbed 50 percent more man-made carbon…

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