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Powdery Mildew: Asexual Reproduction Outshines Sexual Methods

Asexual reproduction, however, is considerably more successful for mildew, as plant biologists from the University of Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for…

Interdisciplinary Research

ZVE Stuttgart: Bridging Research and Innovation in Engineering

When the “Zentrum für Virtuelles Engineering” ZVE opened in Stuttgart just over a year ago, we saw how Fraunhofer IAO had combined laboratory and office areas…

Studies and Analyses

Companies Embrace Volunteering: New Trends in Giving Back

Fewer and fewer people are committing themselves to dedicated volunteering organizations, with many preferring to support causes on an ad hoc basis. Many…

Environmental Conservation

Coastal Power Plant Records Reveal Decline in Key Southern California Fishes

As described in the July 20, 2013, issue of the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, the researchers tapped into a vast, yet nontraditional source of…

Materials Sciences

Trapping T-Rays for Better Security Scanners

Published in the journal Advanced Optical Materials, the researchers describe a novel structure which traps terahertz waves in tiny (micro-scale) holes to…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Perform DNA Computation in Living Cells

Logic gates are the means by which computers “compute,” as sets of them are combined in different ways to enable computers to ultimately perform tasks like…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Identify Transformation in Low-Temperature Water

Through a simulation performed in “supercooled” water, a research team led by chemist Feng “Seymour” Wang, confirmed a “liquid-liquid” phase transition at 207…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Identify New Source of Powerful Immunity Protein

The protein interferon-gamma (IFN-ã) keeps viruses from replicating and stimulates the immune system to produce other disease-fighting agents. Neutrophils, the…

Health & Medicine

Fighting Blindness with Technology

1. Singapore – 11 July 2013 – The eye disease glaucoma leads to blindness and has no symptoms in the early stages, earning it the nickname “silent thief of…

Awards Funding

“Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award 2013

The top selected five young professionals will be invited to participate in the WHS 2013 and experience a unique international networking and learning…

Health & Medicine

Targeting Dengue Virus: New Strategy Using Artificial MicroRNAs

A novel therapeutic approach prevents dengue virus from reproducing in humans by targeting and silencing key regions of the dengue genome essential for viral…

Studies and Analyses

Study Highlights Need for Public Internet Access Globally

But a five-year, eight-country study recently concluded by the Technology & Social Change Group at the University of Washington Information School has found…

Earth Sciences

Scientists Question Triggers Behind Antarctic Glaciation

Ian Dalziel, research professor at The University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics and professor in the Jackson School of Geosciences, and his…

Life & Chemistry

Insect Discovery Reveals Insights on Climate Change Effects

The Eocene Apex of Panorpoid Family Diversity, a paper by SFU’s Bruce Archibald and Rolf Mathewes, plus David Greenwood from Brandon University, was recently…

Health & Medicine

Common Growth Mechanisms in Pancreatic and Breast Cancer

The protein, called “Tissue Factor,” is present in various tissues—for example, walls of blood vessels. Earlier studies suggested that alternatively spliced…

Life & Chemistry

Caribbean's native predators unable to stop aggressive lionfish population growth

That leaves human intervention as the most promising solution to the problem of this highly invasive species, said researchers at the University of North…

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