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Timber or steel? Study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss structures
Buildings are a big contributor to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in ...
Follow the boat, find the bird — free food from trawlers helps identify important areas for seabird conservation
· Seabird populations under threat due to human activity · University College Cork research could have implications for offshore developments ...
Feast or forage: Study finds circuit that helps a brain decide
MIT neuroscientists have discovered the elegant architecture of a fundamental decision-making brain circuit that allows a C. elegans worm to ...
Danish chemist helps England extend lifespan of world-renowned shipwreck
The crown jewel of Henry VIII’s 16th century fleet was its flagship, the venerable Mary Rose. More than 500 years ...
Machine learning helps to locally restore wetlands for coastal protection
By using large experimental data sets to feed a machine learning model, we can enable wetland establishment for flood defense ...
COVID-19 booster shot helps vast majority of cancer patients
November 16, 2021 (BRONX, NY)—Most cancer patients who had no measurable immune response after being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 were ...
How the secret world of soil microbes helps keep carbon in the ground
AMHERST, Mass. – The largest terrestrial carbon sink on earth is the planet’s soil. One of the fears that many ...
Drug combination helps children with acute promyelocytic leukemia avoid conventional chemotherapy
A clinical trial has found that the combination of all-trans retinoic acid, which is a metabolite of vitamin A, and ...
New guide helps combat damping-off and root and stem rot of cucurbits
The plant parasite species Pythium lurks in virtually every agricultural field and commonly causes damping-off, which weakens or kills seeds ...
New research helps explain the genetic basis for why we look the way we do
Which genes control the defining features that make us look as we do? And how do they make it happen?Credit: ...
Porous artificial rock helps channel an answer to a 54-year-old mystery
This feature was provided by Princeton University.Credit: Credit: Christopher Browne and Sujit Datta, Princeton University This feature was provided by ...
Plant-based gummy candy helps vegans and vegetarians get their vitamins
Worldwide, millions of people follow vegan and vegetarian diets for religious, ethical, environmental or economic reasons. While these diets have ...
New app helps parents identify treatable childhood growth disorders earlier
A ground-breaking new, mobile phone app, ‘GrowthMonitor’ places the accurate measurement of children’s height in the hands of parents and ...
Fractured artificial rock helps crack a 54-year-old mystery
By Adam Hadhazy Credit: David Kelly Crow By Adam Hadhazy Princeton researchers have solved a 54-year-old puzzle about why ...
Planting new forests with high functional diversity helps improve productivity
As forests age, differences in species functional traits become more important and reliable in predicting forest productivity, according to an ...
Autonomous robotic rover helps scientists with long-term monitoring of deep-sea carbon cycle and climate change
The sheer expanse of the deep sea and the technological challenges of working in an extreme environment make these depths ...
Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered a mechanism that helps plants cope with water shortages
Credit: Tel Aviv University A newly-discovered mechanism is responsible for the closing of stomata in leaves to prevent water ...
Chemo helps breast cancer cells get their ‘foot in the door’ to the lungs
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study adds to the evidence that chemotherapy enhances cancer’s spread beyond the primary tumor, showing ...
Rice web server helps identify COVID-19 drug candidates
HOUSTON – (Nov. 1, 2021) – Rice University researchers have introduced an online portal to help researchers screen COVID-19 drug ...
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Can seven questions determine how wise you are?
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Spanish scientists determine the mode of action of essential proteins involved in cancer and Alzheimer´s disease
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A dinosaur trove in Italy rewrites the history, geography, and evolution of the ancient Mediterranean area
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City of Hope scientists discover pathway that allows cancer to bypass oncology treatments