According to the research, trees which disperse their seeds by wind, such as pines and maples, will be unable to spread at a pace that can cope with expected…
By Keiko Sugimoto, Unit Leader, Cell Function Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science CenterPlants have been cultivated and studied from the earliest days of human…
The degree of twisting of natural helical structures, such as the DNA double-helix, plays an essential role in many important biological functions. Because of…
A new form of self-assembling polymer film that bends and stretches when hit by light is pointing the way to a new family of functional materials. This flexing…
A new study on social cognition conducted by Masaki Isoda at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation (OIST) and the Japan Science…
What makes experts different from the rest of us? Over the past century, this question has prompted a range of studies on various aspects of human cognition,…
This starfish-like grabber is the prototype for a pneumatic soft robotic arm made of soft plastic that has been introduced in the journal Angewandte Chemie by…
The new version, developed specifically for simple applications with belt scales, has two relays. It calculates rate, totalized weight, belt loading and belt…
“Right now the paradigm is to sequence a number of patients and see what may be there in terms of variants,” said Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D. “The key finding of…
About 250 million years about 95 per cent of life was wiped out in the sea and 70 per cent on land. Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have…
Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study supports the hypothesis that there is a hormonal influence…
New research from Indiana University and the University of Wyoming shows how humans, unlike any other species on Earth, readily learn to throw long distances….
Protection against nerve gas attack is a significant component of the defense system of many countries around the world. Nerve gases are used by armies and…
Called “energyRater” the new app can answer questions such as whether it would pay off to replace an Energy Efficiency Class B tumble dryer with a blueTherm…
The sensor measures amounts as small as one ppb (part per billion), making it as sensitive as larger devices that are far more expensive and not portable. One…
The Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis is an important process to convert coal, natural gas and biomass to a variety of hydrocarbon products of different chain lengths….
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