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Environment Mar 26, 2024

This mega-city is running out of water: What will 22 million people do when the taps run dry?

When Reina Cervantes Trejo heard the truck, gears grinding as it climbed the street to her house, she rushed outside.

Cell & Microbiology Mar 25, 2024

Gut microbiota and antibiotics: Missing puzzle piece discovered

The intricacies of how intestinal bacteria adapt to their environment have yet to be fully explored. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the University of California, ...

Biotechnology Mar 20, 2024

Researchers surprised by penned fish responses to robots

Norway leads the world when it comes to the use of robots in the aquaculture sector. But how do these robots actually impact on the fish? Cyberneticist Eleni Kelasidi is surprised by just how much.

Education Mar 18, 2024

Experts document progress under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act benefiting students with disabilities

Ten years ago, the United States passed into federal law the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), broadening the mandate of state vocational rehabilitation agencies to facilitate successful school-to-work transitions ...

General Physics Mar 4, 2024

Researchers develop electron beam accelerator to sterilize medical equipment

During the manufacturing process, many medical devices or equipment for use on humans must be sterilized according to recognized standards. This includes gowns, surgical drapes, syringes and implantable medical devices. In ...

Biochemistry Feb 29, 2024

Scientists reveal how first cells could have formed on Earth

Roughly 4 billion years ago, Earth was developing conditions suitable for life. Origin-of-life scientists often wonder if the type of chemistry found on the early Earth was similar to what life requires today. They know that ...

Ecology Feb 29, 2024

Scientists and government agencies are targeting mosquitoes with bacteria

Dengue fever is one of the most common tropical diseases in the world, affecting several million people every year.

Economics & Business Feb 23, 2024

Mapping out a novel way to assess the effectiveness of development aid

Assessing the effectiveness of international aid across Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country and an archipelago of around 17,000 islands, is no easy task. But that has not deterred Singapore Management University ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 6, 2024

New findings on Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron physiology under bile stress

Researchers from the Würzburg Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) deployed CRISPR interference for the first time for the functional characterization of the gut mutualist Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 1, 2024

Team develops a laser printer for photonic chips

Photonic integrated circuits are an important next-wave technology. These sophisticated microchips hold the potential to substantially decrease costs and increase speed and efficiency for electronic devices across a wide ...

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