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Cytokinin Receptor Variants Boost Plant Growth Potential

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The productivity of a plant can be influenced in various different ways, e.g. by improving plant growth characteristics or by…

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Biomarkers Enhance Diagnosis of Delayed Fracture Healing

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Delayed or incomplete bone fracture healing can be observed in approximately 5–10% of patients following a fracture of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Quasars: Mileposts marking the universe&#039;s expansion

The technique, combined with the expected discovery of millions more far-away quasars over the next decade, could yield an unprecedented look back to a time…

Physics & Astronomy

NRL Demonstrates High Durability of Nanotube Transistors

“One of the primary challenges for space electronics is mitigating the susceptibility of prolonged exposure to radiation that exists in the charged particle…

Life & Chemistry

New Substance Promises to Induce Cancer Cell Suicide

If, however, p53 has mutated and become defective, the cancer cells can acquire the ability to evade apoptosis and become more resistant to therapy….

Life & Chemistry

Brain Neurons and Diet Shape Obesity and Diabetes in Mice

The absence of a specific type of neuron in the brain can lead to obesity and diabetes in mice report researchers in The EMBO Journal. The outcome, however,…

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Three new ERC Grants for young Tübingen Max Planck scientists

Fulvia Bono, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, as well as Wolfram Antonin and Michael Hothorn, both Max Planck…

Life & Chemistry

New research presents most extensive pictures ever of an organism&#039;s DNA mutation processes

Biologists and informaticists at Indiana University have produced one of the most extensive pictures ever of mutation processes in the DNA sequence of an…

Studies and Analyses

Only half of adults say schools should take action when kids bully with social isolation

U.S. adults repeatedly rate bullying as a major health problem for U.S. children. But a new poll from the University of Michigan shows adults have different…

Earth Sciences

Shrinking Arctic Snow Depths Threaten Ringed Seal Habitat

The ringed seal, currently under consideration for threatened species listing, builds caves to rear its young in snow drifts on sea ice. Snow depths must be on…

Life & Chemistry

Cystic Fibrosis: Pancreatic Impact on CF-Related Diabetes

Almost half of patients with CF will develop diabetes by age 30 and almost one quarter will develop it in their teens. In addition to the health problems…

Physics & Astronomy

International Physicists Unveil Temperature Insights in Convection

The team's new finding specifies the way that the temperature of a gas or liquid varies with the distance from a heat source during convection. The research is…

Health & Medicine

UCI Researchers Discover Cause of Chemotherapy Resistance in Melanoma

Researchers with UC Irvine’s Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a major reason why melanoma is largely resistant to chemotherapy.UCI…

Health & Medicine

Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify New Enzyme To Fight Alzheimer&#039;s Disease

The enzyme — known as BACE2 — destroys beta-amyloid, a toxic protein fragment that litters the brains of patients who have the disease. The findings were…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Found in Antibiotic-Free Pigs

Dr. Siddhartha Thakur, assistant professor of population health and pathobiology, had previously found that antibiotic-resistant C. coli, a leading cause of…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin E May Lower Cancer Risk in Cowden Syndrome Patients

Several genetic mutations are known to be present in Cowden Syndrome (CS) – a disease that predisposes individuals to several types of cancers, including…

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