Nagoya University scientists in Japan and colleagues at Yale University in the US have uncovered details of how the bacterial propeller, known as the flagellum, switches between counterclockwise and clockwise rotation, allowing ...
Cell & Microbiology
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University of Adelaide wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine—a potential solution against the estimated billions of dollars' worth of wine fraud globally, but also offering a possible ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 5, 2020
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CABI scientists have led new research revealing strong evidence that a natural enemy of the prolific Asian fruit fly Drosphila suzukii—previously believed to be one species—is, in fact, two species; furthermore, only ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2020
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Most active volcanoes on Earth are dormant, meaning that they have not erupted for hundreds or even thousands of years, and are normally not considered hazardous by the local population. A team of volcanologists from the ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 5, 2020
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Two of humanity's biggest problems—the climate crisis and abysmal eating habits—can partly be solved by one healthy solution: Eating more food from tropical trees. While global trends in agriculture and diets are not ...
Ecology
Nov 5, 2020
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There are many human problems that scientists and engineers have solved by drawing ideas directly from biomechanisms found in other lifeforms, from Velcro to Japan's famous bullet trains, the Shinkansen. Thus, it should not ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 5, 2020
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Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found.
Environment
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Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched and caused deadly landslides in the country's east and in northern Nicaragua.
Environment
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The black rats weren't supposed to be there, on Palmyra Atoll. Likely arriving at the remote Pacific islet network as stowaways with the U.S. Navy during World War II, the rodents, with no natural predators, simply took over. ...
Ecology
Nov 5, 2020
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Researchers from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Tilburg University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores the rise of click-and-collect services and examines their most appropriate settings.
Economics & Business
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