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Environmental Conservation

Kudzu’s Role in Soil Carbon Release and Climate Impact

In a paper published in the scientific journal New Phytologist, plant ecologist Nishanth Tharayil and graduate student Mioko Tamura show that invasive plants…

Life & Chemistry

Ancient Element Powers Sodium and Calcium Cellular Gates

Sodium channels and calcium channels are molecular portals that allow controlled passage of ions across a cell’s membrane; they are required for healthy brain,…

Life & Chemistry

Behind a Marine Creature’s Bright Green Fluorescent Glow

Pushing closer to understanding the mechanisms behind the mysterious glow of light produced naturally by certain animals, scientists at Scripps Institution of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Panels Transform Carbon Dioxide Into Sustainable Fuel

Drawing on two of these approaches, researchers in the laboratory of Andrew Bocarsly, a Princeton professor of chemistry, collaborated with start-up company…

Medical Engineering

New Standards for Hyperspectral Imaging in Medical Diagnostics

But a technology called hyperspectral imaging offers doctors a noninvasive, painless way to discriminate between healthy and diseased tissue and reveal how…

Materials Sciences

NIST’s One-Way Metamaterial Transforms Light Directionality

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a silver, glass and chromium nanostructure that can all but stop visible…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Fear Drives Sunscreen Use More Than Data

In a study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, the UB researchers found that fear and worry about skin cancer had a bigger influence on people’s…

Life & Chemistry

Biomarker Identifies Effective Brain Cancer Treatments

“Every patient diagnosed with glioblastoma is treated with a chemotherapy called temozolomide. About 15 percent of these patients derive long-lasting benefit,”…

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Life & Chemistry

Plants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insects' chewing, MU study finds

Now, researchers at the University of Missouri, in a collaboration that brings together audio and chemical analysis, have determined that plants respond to the…

Life & Chemistry

Neue Gene Entdeckt: Herzrhythmus Forschung Fortschritte

Ein weltweites Forschungskonsortium, dem auch das Bozner EURAC-Zentrum für Biomedizin angehört, hat nun 23 neue Gene ausfindig gemacht, die den Herzrhythmus…

Environmental Conservation

Reversing the Decline of Caribbean Coral Reefs

With only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers…

Health & Medicine

New Genes Discovered for Heart Rhythm Regulation

A global research consortium, of which the EURAC Center for Biomedicine in Bozen-Bolzano is a member, has now identified 23 new genes which control both the…

Life & Chemistry

Soothing Cells: New Hope for Autoimmune Uveitis Treatment

Uveitis occurs when immune cells invade the eye, causing inflammation and swelling. The NEI researchers found a unique immune cell population that suppresses…

Environmental Conservation

New Spawning Reefs to Enhance Native Fish in St. Clair River

The new reefs will be built this summer and fall at two locations on the St. Clair. The goal of the University of Michigan-led project is to boost fish…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights from CERN: Tackling Chaos in Particle Colliders

In a special focus issue of the journal Chaos, from AIP Publishing, a physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) details an important…

Event News

Laser Polishing: Insights from LaP 2014 Conference

Despite a steady increase in recent years in the number of working groups, publications and projects on the subject, laser polishing is still considered a…

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