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Monitoring against another Pompeii

For effective monitoring of volcanic activity, scientists want to know what is happening in real time, not the pattern of events last week. For many remote…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovation on Irish farms and Moorepark cheese innovation

A new herd health programme aimed at preparing Irish dairy farmers for the biosecurity challenges of herd expansion has started at the Teagasc Dairy Production…

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Mobile phone technology brings robot swarm to research labs

The robots will be at a press preview of a special robot demonstration tomorrow Wednesday 6 August at 4.30pm.At a presentation entitled Strategies for…

Life & Chemistry

Multi-tasking maggots in superbug showdown

The antibiotic, named Seraticin™, is derived from the maggot secretions of the common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) and scientists hope to develop it…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Sesame seed extract and konjac gum may help ward off Salmonella and E. Coli

The study by Dr Petra Becker et al from Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands, shows that these foodstuffs act as binders for E. coli and…

Environmental Conservation

Lab-on-a-chip Technology: Microfluidics Aids Major Advance in Environmental Testing

Microfluidics is an exciting new field of science and engineering that enables very small-scale fluid control and analysis, allowing instrument manufacturers…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Map plots new ‘gold rush’

The new map design follows a series of historical and ongoing arguments about ownership, and the race for resources, in the frozen lands and seas of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Phoenix Mars Team Sheds Light on Life’s Potential on Mars

“Finding perchlorates is neither good nor bad for life, but it does make us reassess how we think about life on Mars,” said Michael Hecht of NASA?s Jet…

Life & Chemistry

Lentil and Bean Protein Extracts: A Strong Soy Alternative

But the results of the PlantPro research project show that there are many more plants which are suitable for the production of protein compounds as food…

Environmental Conservation

Montane Crab Discovery: Impact of Logging on Borneo Habitats

Besides the two national parks mentioned, the habitats of this species in Murum River systems had been heavily disturbed by logging activities. Montane Crab in…

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New Investigator Awards Honor Breakthroughs in Cancer Research

The six scientists are conducting basic and tumor immunology laboratory investigations at distinguished academic institutions throughout the United States, as…

Physics & Astronomy

Northeastern Leads DZero Project in Discovering ZZ Diboson Particles

As the co-leader of the DZero project, Wood led a team of scientists who recently announced the observation of previously unobservable ZZ diboson particles.The…

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Next-Gen Tool for Visualizing Genomic Data Unveiled

To address this growing need, researchers at the Broad Institute have developed the Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV), a novel and freely available…

Materials Sciences

Scientists Uncover Metal Nanoparticle Networks in Alloy Corrosion

Oxide scales develop on the outer surface of alloys at high temperatures creating a protective barrier that keeps destructive carbon-bearing molecules from…

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ESA 2023: Bridging Ecology Research and Education

This year’s meeting will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of ecology and linking research with education. A wide range of University of Wisconsin-Madison…

Physics & Astronomy

Globular Clusters Reveal Star Formation Secrets in Nearby Galaxy

Globular star clusters, dense bunches of hundreds of thousands of stars, have some of the oldest surviving stars in the universe. A new study of globular…

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