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Environmental Conservation

Antibiotic Overuse in Fish Farming Fuels Bacterial Resistance

This practice encourages bacterial resistance and could lead to the evolution of resistant strains of bacteria in animals and humans as well as the fish…

Health & Medicine

Injection May Preserve Male Fertility During Chemotherapy

“The effects of chemotherapy treatment on fertility are an important issue for long-term survivors of cancer who may not have started or completed a family at…

Earth Sciences

Climate Change Impact: East Asia vs. North Atlantic Differences

In particular, the scene from the film depicting huge ice balls falling on Tokyo, causing death and destruction, is very unlikely. The research suggests that…

Health & Medicine

European Science Foundation Sets Out Research Strategy …

Europe's Experts in the Field Will Hear the Plan and Discuss the Recommendations at Their Annual Meeting in Amsterdam this Week. The world's largest meeting of…

Information Technology

Coronis' Wavenis technology comes to the rescue when you fall

The Ynolis product line, which was originally designed for use in retirement homes, includes a range of wristwatch bracelets that are connected to a central…

Life & Chemistry

First Discovery of VHSV in Northeast Freshwater Fish

According to experts at the Aquatic Animal Health Program at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), which…

Physics & Astronomy

'We're down to the atom size': Cornell researchers discover how to focus on tiniest of the very small

But atoms are not willing subjects. They jiggle furiously, defying any microscopist who tries to catch them at a standstill. Nor are they polite: The larger…

Life & Chemistry

Key Gene Discovered in Mosquito Immune Response

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have identified a gene in the Anopheles gambiae mosquito’s DNA that is central to the…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Repair Timing in Mammal Embryos: Key Findings Unveiled

Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that the cells of the developing nervous system of the mammalian embryo have an…

Information Technology

New Device Blocks Unwanted Photography in Designated Areas

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area. Commercial…

Materials Sciences

Sticky Surfaces Turn Slippery with Molecular Light Switch

The new material, which is described in the June 19 issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, could have a wide variety of applications,…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers find new clues to biochemistry of 'anti-aging'

Published in the June 19-23 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study is the first to show that sirtuins directly control specific…

Environmental Conservation

Tropical Forest Nutrient Boost Increases CO2 Emissions

Extra helpings of key nutrients given to tropical rain forest soils caused them to release substantially more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a concern to…

Health & Medicine

New Cue Enhances Depth Perception Inspired by Da Vinci

Building on principles of binocular geometry established by Leonardo da Vinci, Drs. Kevin Brooks and Barbara Gillam of the University of New South Wales in…

Life & Chemistry

How Leaf Patterns Form: Insights from Researchers at U of A

“Ever since the discovery of these antifreeze proteins, it was assumed they had to be produced in the liver, since the vertebrate liver is well known as a…

Life & Chemistry

Bats Learn Dining Choices from Neighbors’ Frog Calls

The fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, uses frog calls from different species as acoustic cues to assess the palatability of its prey. Previous experiments…

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