Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have located a previously unknown function in the so-called histones, which allows for an improved understanding of how cells protect and repair DNA damages. This knowledge may ...
Cell & Microbiology
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On the way from field to fork, more than half of the potato harvest is lost. This is according to a new study conducted by researchers from Agroscope and ETH Zurich.
Biotechnology
Oct 23, 2015
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Researchers from the Structural Biology Computational Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Alfonso Valencia, in collaboration with a group headed by Francesco Gervasio at the University College ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 23, 2015
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Luminol gets trotted out pretty frequently on TV crime shows, but a new technique might someday compete with the storied forensics tool as a police procedural plot device and, perhaps more importantly, as a means of solving ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 23, 2015
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Plants adapt their flowering time to the temperature in their surroundings. But what exactly triggers their flowering at the molecular level? Can this factor switch flowering on or off and thus respond to changes in the climate? ...
Biotechnology
Oct 23, 2015
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Researchers at the Université du Québec have recently conducted a survey of four Canadian cities to determine the economic feasibility of installing geothermal heating systems in homes in Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver and ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 23, 2015
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NASA's Aqua satellite saw Central Pacific Ocean Hurricane Olaf maintained its eye and remained a major hurricane on October 23.
Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2015
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Tropical Depression 26W was spinning down and speeding up as it was becoming an extra-tropical storm. In fact, its sustained winds were weaker than its forward speed as it moved through the western North Pacific Ocean.
Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Researchers report the discovery of a cobalt-ligand catalyst system that serves as a homogeneous catalyst for the hydrogenation of esters and carboxylic acids to alcohols. Ties J. Korstanje, Jarl Ivar van der ...
The full potential of nature apps for getting the public more interested in ecology and conservation is not being exploited enough, says a new study.
Software
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