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R-Spondin 3 Binds Syndecan 4 to Modulate Wnt Pathway

The commercial opportunity is to develop antagonists of Rspo2 and/or Rspo3 for the treatment of Sdc(Syndecan)-associated disorders and for Sdc antagonists in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Pollenizer Research Boosts Seedless Watermelon Farming

Seedless watermelons are more popular than seeded watermelons, making them a more profitable crop for farmers. But the flowers of seedless watermelon plants…

Life & Chemistry

Native Plants Thrive in UC Green Roof Study Results

As the implementation of green roofs increase, a University of Cincinnati pilot study examined which plants best thrive on the region’s roofs during the dry,…

Materials Sciences

Penn Researchers Find New Way to Prevent Cracking in Nanoparticle Films

The research was led by graduate student Jacob Prosser and assistant professor Daeyeon Lee, both of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Soybean Resilience: Unlocking Gene Rhg1 Insights

Diers and Hudson, with researchers at Wisconsin and the University of Nebraska, have been studying an area on chromosome 18 called Rhg1 (Resistance to H….

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on How Brains Process Facial Expressions

Research released today helps reveal how human and primate brains process and interpret facial expressions, and the role of facial mimicry in everything from…

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Cost-Effective Titanium Forming: A Game Changer for Industry

To all intents and purposes, nothing stands in the way of titanium in terms of becoming a first-choice industrial material. It is a practically unlimited…

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Unlocking Genetic Variations for Targeted Virus Treatments

The medical researcher Jacques Fellay is studying the human genome in search of genetic variations that influence how the body reacts to a virus and to the…

Materials Sciences

Penn Researchers Find New Way to Mimic the Color and Texture of Butterfly Wings

A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has found a way to generate this kind of “structural color” that has the added benefit of another trait…

Earth Sciences

NASA Tracks Tropical Storm Rafael Over Leeward Islands

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Rafael in the…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Tracks Heavy Rainfall in Typhoon Prapiroon

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed directly above weakening Typhoon Prapiroon in the western Pacific Ocean on October 12, 2012 at…

Life & Chemistry

Genomic Hitchhikers in Birds Reveal Avian Retrovirus Evolution

“We examined the evolution of avian retroviruses on the basis of their fossil remnants in the three avian genomes that have been completely sequenced,” write…

Life & Chemistry

Targeting Proteins in DNA Damage Response for Cancer Therapies

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida; Duke University; Johns Hopkins University; the Brazilian National…

Health & Medicine

Genetic Defense Against Arsenic Found in Andes Villagers

This is one of the conclusions of a study of Argentinian villagers in the Andes, where the water contains high levels of arsenic. A gene variant that produces…

Environmental Conservation

Strategies Needed to Save Sumatran Orangutans from Decline

Their discoveries: The population is divided into several sub-populations which do not stem from the destruction of the rainforest, but are of a geographic…

Studies and Analyses

Plaque Build-up in Your Brain May Be More Harmful than Having Alzheimer’s Gene

“Our results show that plaques may be a more important factor in determining which people are at greater risk for cognitive impairment or other memory diseases…

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