When gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they sparked a resurgence of aspen trees.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2017
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The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) may hold the key to improving our understanding of how to combat toxic nerve agents such as sarin and VX. That is the hope of Countermeasures Against Chemical ...
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2017
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To enhance the visibility of organs as they are scanned with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients are usually injected with a compound known as a contrast agent before going into the scanner. The most commonly used ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 12, 2017
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A team led by Gang Han, PhD, has designed a human protein-based, tumor-targeting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast that can be easily cleared by the body. The discovery holds promise for clinical application, including ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 7, 2017
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Farmers and gardeners spend much of the year in a constant battle to stop slugs and snails eating their vegetables. But these animals have been locked in their own co-evolutionary arms race for millions of years – a fight ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2017
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Criminals who want to smuggle dangerous or illegal substances into Europe could soon find themselves foiled by a new set of high-tech anti-smuggling tools including an electronic sniffer dog and a machine that fires part ...
Engineering
May 29, 2017
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The body has a natural way of fighting cancer - it's called the immune system, and it is tuned to defend our cells against outside infections and internal disorder. But occasionally, it needs a helping hand.
Computer Sciences
May 17, 2017
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) helped develop and recently completed initial testing of a field-deployable treatment system that destroys chemical warfare agents (CWAs) using locally available resources. The modular ...
Other
Apr 17, 2017
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A chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people, including children, triggered the Trump administration's recent missile strikes against the Syrian government. The use of illegal nerve agents – apparently by the ...
Materials Science
Apr 11, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney warn that the broad-spectrum antimicrobial effectiveness of silver is being put at risk by the widespread and inappropriate expansion of nanosilver use in medical and consumer ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 31, 2017
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