French fry lovers, beware! You may be exposed to a chemical more commonly associated with heavy industry than crispy fried potatoes. Fortunately, researchers…
In several cancers (including breast and prostate), cancer cells can spread from the original tumour site into bone. Once there, they settle in 'for the long…
Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Thus, it is one of the most important crops in the world. Rice uses the C3 photosynthetic…
Technology minister Alois Stöger: “Research and development is an important strategic factor in expanding renewable energies and achieving global climate…
With this funding, they will be developing novel techniques by which to identify and research into active compounds against PD. They will furthermore be…
No organism is an island – a fact that also applies to plants. Healthy plants host complex microbial communities comprising over 100 bacterial species which…
New process uses high voltage for deep geothermal drilling
Highly automated driving will have achieved technical maturity before 2020. That is the result of a study carried out by Fraunhofer IAO and other partners on…
But what if the ecosystems of the world take their various forms because plant “decisions” make them that way? A new theory presented by Princeton University…
Conjoined twins, or twins whose bodies are connected, account for approximately one of every 200,000 live births. Survival rates are low and separating them…
Traditional computers rely on transistors that occupy one of two states — that's what those archetypal zeroes and ones refer to, and each digit is a “bit.”…
Coral bleaching happens when sea temperatures rise, causing the breakdown of the symbiosis between coral and their zooxanthellae (the microscopic plants which…
Now, scientists collaborating in project HOP-X have succeeded in developing new materials for detectors: they embedded ceramic particles in a conductive…
Only three individuals remain after the death of Nola, a 41-years old northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park…
Scientists of the Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter at CFEL in Hamburg and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in…
Ants are quite often infected by parasites. For example, tapeworms use ants as intermediate hosts for a part of their development phase before they complete…
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