The steady production of sperm relies on the number of sperm stem cells in the testis remaining constant. Researchers including Assistant Professor Yu Kitadate and Professor Shosei Yoshida (developmental biologists at the ...
Cell & Microbiology
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A technique that enables biologically active enzymes to survive the rigors of inkjet printing presents a promising alternative to routine blood screening finger jabs for diabetic blood sugar levels. The KAUST-led team used ...
Engineering
Dec 21, 2018
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Enzymes—biocatalysts made of proteins—are hugely important molecules that catalyze the reactions and processes in living organisms. Ongoing work to understand their structures and reaction mechanisms is therefore vital ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 21, 2018
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Singapore households from different socioeconomic groups vary significantly in their use of water and electricity for heat relief, according to a recent study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the Department ...
Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2018
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Species of mammals that live in urban environments produce more young compared to other mammals. But along with this advantage, mammals have other strategies to successfully inhabit cities. This is what Radboud University ...
Ecology
Dec 21, 2018
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Plant scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have unravelled a mechanism that enables flowering plants to sense and 'remember' changes in their environment.
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2018
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Pollutants from wild fires affect crop and vegetation growth hundreds of kilometres from impact zone, research shows
Environment
Dec 21, 2018
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When hydropower runs low in a drought, western states tend to ramp up power generation—and emissions—from fossil fuels. According to a new study from Stanford University, droughts caused about 10 percent of the average ...
Environment
Dec 21, 2018
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New research has discovered how plant roots sense the availability of moisture in soil and then adapt their shape to optimise acquisition of water.
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2018
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Everything around you – your desk, your laptop, your coffee cup – in fact, even you – is made of stardust, the stuff forged in the fiery furnaces of stars that died before our sun was born. Probing the space surrounding ...
Astronomy
Dec 21, 2018
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