The self-eating process in embryonic stem cells known as chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) and a related metabolite may serve as promising new therapeutic targets to repair or regenerate damaged cells and organs, Penn Medicine ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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More than 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic will be dumped on land and in the oceans over the period from 2016 to 2040 unless the world acts, say a team of 17 global experts who have developed a computer model to track the stocks ...
Environment
Jul 23, 2020
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As we welcome wireless technology into more areas of life, the additional electronic bustle is making for an electromagnetically noisy neighborhood. In hopes of limiting the extra traffic, researchers at Drexel University ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2020
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An uncrewed Russian cargo ship lifted off Thursday to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2020
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At a museum in central France, researchers tenderly feed insects and kitten milk formula to tiny orphaned bats—creatures widely reviled for their role in human disease outbreaks, most recently COVID-19.
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2020
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Seal impressions dating back 2,700 years were unveiled in Jerusalem this week offering rare new details about the administration in the ancient Kingdom of Judah, including tax collection.
Archaeology
Jul 23, 2020
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University of Maryland (UMD) researchers across multiple colleges collaborated with other international leaders in wildlife conservation to produce an expert assessment and recommendations for vulture poisoning control efforts ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2020
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The current COVID-19 pandemic has more and more people asking about our food supply, how agriculture is moving forward, and where agriculture is going in this country. Based on the long term work of James MacDonald, a new ...
Economics & Business
Jul 23, 2020
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For frogs dying of the invasive chytridiomycosis disease, the leading cause of amphibian deaths worldwide, the genes responsible for protecting them may actually be leading to their demise, according to a new study published ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2020
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In nature, organisms often support each other in order to gain an advantage. However, this kind of cooperation contradicts the theory of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin: Why would organisms invest valuable resources ...
Evolution
Jul 23, 2020
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