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- 'Power shift' needed to improve gender balance in energy research
- The challenges of North American specialty cut flowers
- No direct link between North Atlantic currents, sea level along New England coast
- Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs
- What drives Yellowstone's massive elk migrations?
- Using waves to move droplets
- Electron (or 'hole') pairs may survive effort to kill superconductivity
- Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response
- A shady spot may protect species against rapid climate warming
- Beyond Queen's stomp-stomp-clap: Concerts and computer science converge in new research
- Better prognosticating for dogs with mammary tumors
- Discovery could lead to improved therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Scientists develop 'mini-brain' model of human prion disease
- No evidence for increased egg predation in the Arctic
- Phantom sensations: When the sense of touch deceives
- Researchers find genes that could help create more resilient chickens
- Language-savvy parents improve their children's reading development, study shows
- Virus genes help determine if pea aphids get their wings
- Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumours during surgery
- Researchers take two steps toward green fuel
- Immortal quantum particles
- Translating university lectures in multiple languages
- Vagus nerve stimulation study shows significant reduction in rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
- A rapid, easy-to-use DNA amplification method at 37°C
- Exciting plant vacuoles
- It's not easy being green
- Excess weight and body fat cause cardiovascular disease
- 'Hidden' phases of matter revealed through the power of light
- Discovery of new genetic causes of male infertility
- Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection
| 'Power shift' needed to improve gender balance in energy research Posted: 14 Jun 2019 04:21 PM PDT Women still face significant barriers in forging successful and influential careers in UK energy research, a new high-level report has revealed. |
| The challenges of North American specialty cut flowers Posted: 14 Jun 2019 01:32 PM PDT Cut flower production in the United States and Canada has increased in recent years. Due to this resurgence, more information is needed regarding current production and postharvest issues. |
| No direct link between North Atlantic currents, sea level along New England coast Posted: 14 Jun 2019 01:31 PM PDT A new study clarifies what influence major currents in the North Atlantic have on sea level along the northeastern United States. |
| Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs Posted: 14 Jun 2019 01:31 PM PDT Researchers have isolated a cluster of neurons in a mouse's brain that are crucial to making the squeaky, ultrasonic 'songs' a male mouse produces when courting a potential mate. |
| What drives Yellowstone's massive elk migrations? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:12 AM PDT Yellowstone's migratory elk rely primarily on environmental cues, including a retreating snowline and the greening grasses of spring, to decide when to make the treks between their winter ranges and summer ranges, researchers show. Their study combined GPS tracking data from more than 400 animals in nine major Yellowstone elk populations with satellite imagery to create a comprehensive model of what drives these animals to move. |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:12 AM PDT Using a technique called mechanowetting, researchers have come up with a way of transporting droplets by using transverse surface waves. |
| Electron (or 'hole') pairs may survive effort to kill superconductivity Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:12 AM PDT The emergence of unusual metallic state supports the role of 'charge stripes' in the formation of charge-carrier pairs essential to resistance-free flow of electrical current. |
| Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT Researchers report data gathered by orbiting satellites can yield more information about destructive earthquakes and can improve aid and humanitarian response efforts. The researchers looked at satellite data from several recent, large-magnitude earthquakes. |
| A shady spot may protect species against rapid climate warming Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT A shady refuge on a hot day could be more than a simple comfort in a warming world. Finding a cooler spot might save several species that would otherwise go extinct due to global warming, according to a new analysis. |
| Beyond Queen's stomp-stomp-clap: Concerts and computer science converge in new research Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT New research suggests how to get large numbers of people engaged in participating during a live performance like a concert -- or a lecture -- and channel that energy for a sustained time period. |
| Better prognosticating for dogs with mammary tumors Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT For dogs with mammary tumors, deciding a course of treatment can depend on a variety of factors, some of which may seem to contradict one another. With a new, practical system developed by veterinarians, determining a prognosis and making treatment decisions should be an easier task. |
| Discovery could lead to improved therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT Researchers found that the protein sarcospan can play a major role in combating heart failure in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. |
| Scientists develop 'mini-brain' model of human prion disease Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Scientists have used human skin cells to create what they believe is the first cerebral organoid system, or 'mini-brain,' for studying sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). CJD is a fatal neurodegenerative brain disease of humans believed to be caused by infectious prion protein. The researchers hope the human organoid model will enable them to evaluate potential CJD therapeutics and provide greater detail about human prion disease subtypes. |
| No evidence for increased egg predation in the Arctic Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Climate and ecosystems are changing, but predation on shorebird nests has changed little across the globe over the past 60 years, finds an international team of 60 researchers. The study published in Science on 14 June 2019 challenges a recent claim that shorebird eggs are more often eaten by predators due to climate change, and more so in the Arctic compared to the tropics. The research shows that these claims are a methodological artefact. |
| Phantom sensations: When the sense of touch deceives Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Without being aware of it, people sometimes wrongly perceive tactile sensations. A new study shows how healthy people can sometimes mis-attribute touch to the wrong side of their body, or even to a completely wrong part of the body. |
| Researchers find genes that could help create more resilient chickens Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Scientists have identified genes that may help farmers, especially ones in low- and middle-income countries, breed chickens that can resist one of the biggest disease threats facing poultry today. |
| Language-savvy parents improve their children's reading development, study shows Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Parents with higher reading-related knowledge are not only more likely to have children with higher reading scores but are also more attentive when those children read out loud to them. |
| Virus genes help determine if pea aphids get their wings Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Researchers shed light on the important role that microbial genes, like those from viruses, can play in insect and animal evolution. |
| Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumours during surgery Posted: 14 Jun 2019 07:31 AM PDT An artificial nose developed in Finland helps neurosurgeons to identify cancerous tissue during surgery and enables the more precise excision of tumors. |
| Researchers take two steps toward green fuel Posted: 14 Jun 2019 06:46 AM PDT Researchers have developed a two-step method to more efficiently break down carbohydrates into their single sugar components, a critical process in producing green fuel. |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 06:46 AM PDT Decay is relentless in the macroscopic world: broken objects do not fit themselves back together again. However, other laws are valid in the quantum world: new research shows that so-called quasiparticles can decay and reorganize themselves again and are thus become virtually immortal. These are good prospects for the development of durable data memories. |
| Translating university lectures in multiple languages Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT Researchers report a new machine translation system that outputs subtitles in multiple languages for archived university lectures. As countries like China and Japan expand their international student cohort, this system could relax language demands and allow the students to study in their mother tongue. |
| Vagus nerve stimulation study shows significant reduction in rheumatoid arthritis symptoms Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT The results of a pilot study suggest that electro stimulation of one of the nerves connecting the brain to the body (the vagus nerve), could provide a novel treatment approach for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. |
| A rapid, easy-to-use DNA amplification method at 37°C Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT Scientists have developed a way of amplifying DNA on a scale suitable for use in the emerging fields of DNA-based computing and molecular robotics. By enabling highly sensitive nucleic acid detection, their method could improve disease diagnostics and accelerate the development of biosensors, for example, for food and environmental applications. |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT Researchers have filled two knowledge gaps: The vacuoles of plant cells can be excited and the TPC1 ion channel is involved in this process. The function of this channel, which is also found in humans, has been a mystery so far. |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT Despite how essential plants are for life on Earth, little is known about how parts of plant cells orchestrate growth and greening. By creating mutant plants, researchers have uncovered a cellular communication pathway sought by scientists for decades. |
| Excess weight and body fat cause cardiovascular disease Posted: 13 Jun 2019 04:11 PM PDT In the first Mendelian randomization study to look at this, researchers have found evidence that excess weight and body fat cause a range of heart and blood vessel diseases, rather than just being associated with it. |
| 'Hidden' phases of matter revealed through the power of light Posted: 13 Jun 2019 03:39 PM PDT New chemistry research demonstrates how 'hidden' phases of matter can be activated by extremely fast pulses of light. This fundamental scientific breakthrough paves the way for creating materials that can be imbued with new properties, such as conducting electricity or making it magnetic. |
| Discovery of new genetic causes of male infertility Posted: 13 Jun 2019 03:39 PM PDT The man is implicated in about half of all cases of infertility. Despite the known importance of genetic factors in the non-production of sperm, only about 25% of these cases can be explained currently. Now a study has uncovered new potential genetic causes, and this discovery will help to develop better diagnostic tests for male infertility. |
| Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection Posted: 13 Jun 2019 11:35 AM PDT A subpopulation of fibroblasts called apCAFs can interact with the immune system to help pancreatic cancer cells avoid detection. Understanding how they work can be key in developing therapeutics for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. |
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