But that's exactly what yellow band disease (YBD) is—a bacterial infection that sickens coral colonies. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
Microbes may well be the answer to our global energy crisis. By fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they offer a possible climate-friendly solution to the…
Climatic change is connected at present with the phenomenon of global warming. This is characterized by the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2 gas), which…
The first map of the level of alien plant invasions in European Union was published in the Wiley-Blackwell journal Diversity and Distributions.An international…
Marine biologists based at the University’s marine research and outreach centre in Portaferry in County Down, which is part of the School of Biological…
Professionals and patient groups across Europe welcome continuation of pioneering work by EU-funded projectFollowing the major success of its initial 11…
It shows that Europe's pool of researchers is growing and the EU is becoming more attractive for foreign researchers and for private R&D investments from the…
Existing technologies for hard, brackish and sea water desalination are highly energy consuming even in the case of the best available technology nowadays,…
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of seafood-borne illness worldwide, most frequently associated with the consumption of raw or undercooked seafood,…
“Interestingly, the new study has shown that all supporting cells do not behave the same, and so some cells may be more amenable to regenerative therapies than…
SLE is an autoimmune disease, with symptoms of varying severity including include painful or swollen joints, unexplained fever and extreme fatigue. An…
The researchers say the global pattern of harvesting and decline of wild populations of frogs appears to be following the same path set by overexploitation of…
Students in the Staffordshire-based university’s School of Pharmacy interact with the computer-generated characters to gain experience in effective…
Professor Wendy Hall from the University of British Columbia and Assistant Professor Valerie Irvine from the University of Victoria, Canada, studied online…
The new diagnostic device is effectively a miniature conventional laboratory inside a chip (Lab on a Chip). Moreover, it is highly specific, rapid, portable…
They have analysed the associations between fruit and vegetable intake and weight gain over a 10-year period in an adult Mediterranean populationDespite the…