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Life & Chemistry

'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance

As he was puzzling out why what should have been a routine procedure wouldn't work, he made a discovery that led to the creation of a new biological tool for…

Environmental Conservation

Ice Age Climate Change Linked to Ocean Salinity Changes

Sudden decreases in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last Ice Age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in…

Environmental Conservation

Impact of Rising Temperatures on Southern Appalachian Trout Habitats

In an article published October 2 in the online version of the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Patricia Flebbe, research biologist at the FS…

Studies and Analyses

Alaska’s Climate Crisis: Insights from Statewide Survey

The statewide survey, with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia…

Studies and Analyses

Jefferson Surgeons Study Optimal Timing for Spinal Surgery

Dr. Vaccaro, professor of orthopaedic surgery and neurological surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the…

Life & Chemistry

Drug Shows Promise Against Muscular Dystrophy in Mice

This advance, which is reported online in Nature Medicine, is the latest from a research collaboration that began several years ago by the teams of Vittorio…

Earth Sciences

Ice Age Link: North Atlantic Temperatures and Tropical Rainfall

Sudden shifts in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last ice age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in the…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Tampa Bay Fish Unlocks Secrets of Immune System Evolution

The inch-long spineless fish, called a lancelet, produces a key immune system protein that is similar to but much hardier than the version found in people. The…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Empowering Local Councillors for Sustainable Resource Management in Senegal

With 80 000 ha of forest cover cleared each year, including 30 000 ha to produce charcoal, Senegal has lost half of its forest in 20 years. Nowadays, its…

Life & Chemistry

New Training Center Boosts European Life Sciences Innovation

Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, breaks ground for the new training and conference centre for the life sciences that…

Physics & Astronomy

MetOp Launch Set for October 17 from Baikonur Cosmodrome

MetOp will lift off at 18:28 CEST (16:28 UTC; 22:28 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on a Soyuz/ST launcher.Due to a mechanical incident at…

Physics & Astronomy

Vega Upper Composite Completes Key Tests at ESTEC

Vega, which is being built by European industry under the leadership of ELV SpA (Italy), is a small launch vehicle designed to carry payloads in the range 300…

Information Technology

Swiss Researchers Unite to Advance Distributed Computing Grids

This initiative aims to bring together the various academic and research institutions involved in distributed computing projects in Switzerland. This will…

Environmental Conservation

Plastic Bottles Transform Gaseous Effluent Decontamination

In this sense, a research group of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Granada works on a project subsidized by the Spanish Ministry of…

Environmental Conservation

Innovative Eco-Friendly Detergent: Effective and Non-Toxic Solution

In parallel with this increase, concern is growing too, as far as these products must be ecological, non-toxic, cheap and, in addition, effective. A research…

Environmental Conservation

UGR Develops Device to Prevent Industrial Oxygen Shortages

However, certain works are carried out in conditions where levels can be lower with fatal consequences for persons. There fore it is, according to the…

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