Now, a team of MIT researchers wants to make plants even more useful by augmenting them with nanomaterials that could enhance their energy production and give…
Colon cancer incidence rates have dropped 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 10 years among adults 50 and older due to the widespread uptake of colonoscopy,…
The study is the first to examine frequency and costs associated with specific inpatient mental health diagnoses for children, and is a step towards creating…
Point defects, for example missing atoms (so called vacancies) significantly influence the performance and durability of modern materials. Even smallest defect…
Until now, analysing the weak spots of the architecture and building services equipment of existing non-residential buildings has been a very labour-intensive…
To make sure that flying pollinators such as insects, birds and bats come to the flowers to pick up pollen, plants evolved special organs, the nectaries to…
More than 20 research groups from all over Switzerland have worked on the climate change impacts report during the past two years. The unprecedented project…
Between September and December of the 2012/2013 season alone, 35 of 288 players in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) had had a concussion – in three cases, it…
The human brain is build in such a way, that only necessary information is stored permanently – the rest is forgotten over time. However, so far it was not…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne have found that a naturally occurring molecule has the ability to enhance defense…
Chemical reactions taking place in outer space can now be more easily studied on Earth. An international team of researchers from the University of Aarhus in…
Auxin, a small molecule, is a plant hormone discovered by Charles Darwin about 100 years ago. Over the years that followed it became understood to be the most…
Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground,…
This year's conference features debates on mining and geoengineering, as well as Union sessions on 'The Face of the Earth' (the theme of this year's meeting)…
The International Forum Gastein initiated the European Health Award on the occasion of the European Health Forum Gastein´s tenth anniversary in 2007. The Award…
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