What do burning coffee, eating bananas and drinking gin and tonic have in common? They are among the unconventional mosquito repellents people say they use.
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2018
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A unique system developed by Purdue University researchers may help reduce the number of people impacted by health problems associated with the accumulation of metals in the body.
Materials Science
Aug 10, 2018
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A single season of drought in the Amazon rainforest can reduce the forest's carbon dioxide absorption for years after the rains return, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. This is the first study to ...
Environment
Aug 10, 2018
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SERS, an extremely sensitive laboratory method of analysing chemical composition, is set to become widespread decades after its invention. The main obstacle preventing widespread deployment of this promising research technique ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 10, 2018
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Methyl chemical groups dot lengths of DNA, helping to control when certain genes are accessible by a cell. In new research, UCLA scientists have shown that at the connections between brain cells—which often are located ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2018
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When did animals originate? In research published in the journal Palaeontology, we show that this question is answered by Cambrian period fossils of a frond-like sea creature called Stromatoveris psygmoglena.
Archaeology
Aug 10, 2018
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A novel laboratory-synthesized molecule, based on natural compounds known as marinoquinolines found in marine gliding bacteria, is a strong candidate for the development of a new antimalarial drug.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2018
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Empa researchers, together with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and other partners, have achieved a breakthrough that could eventually be used for precise nanotransistors or, in the ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 10, 2018
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Many studies have attempted to identify a single transcription factor that can induce formation of the mesoderm, an early layer in embryonic development, without help from other cellular proteins. None have been successful, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2018
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The peculiarities of oil development technology in Russian oil fields have created demand for a new steel grade. Existing oil field pipes operate in conditions of constant contact with a corrosive water-emulsion mixture of ...
Materials Science
Aug 10, 2018
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