Eucalyptus, a pest-resistant evergreen valued for its hardy lumber and wellness-promoting oil, can be genetically modified not to reproduce sexually, a key step toward preventing the global tree plantation staple from invading ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 7, 2021
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An extensive study on canine hip dysplasia conforms to the polygenic background of the disease. Genes located in different chromosomes have a strong association with a protein modification process previously linked to inflammatory ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 18, 2021
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As the UK reports its worst excess deaths since the second world war and the NHS is stretched to breaking point, critics of lockdowns have largely gone quiet. Despite this, previous experience shows that we're never far from ...
Economics & Business
Feb 10, 2021
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After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) disaster was the second worst nuclear incident in history. Its consequences were tremendous for the Japanese people and now, almost ...
Environment
Feb 3, 2021
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Most liquids are in suspension. Particles too small to see by naked eye swirl everywhere as gravity and temperature changes move them around. Keeping liquids from separating can be a hassle for the foods we buy in the supermarket, ...
Materials Science
Jan 26, 2021
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Scientists have unraveled the complete genome of the tomato russet mite, which is considered one of the smallest animals on our planet and known as a destructive agricultural pest. The genome is the smallest reported to date ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2020
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The jig may be up for an "asteroid" that's expected to get nabbed by Earth's gravity and become a mini moon next month.
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2020
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New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world, an international collaboration led by the University of Zurich has shown. The study presents a list of almost 14,000 plant species, compiled from online catalogs ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2020
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What does it take to live in peace?
Political science
Jun 30, 2020
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An international collaboration led by scientists from the University of Hong Kong, RIKEN (Japan), and CEA (France) have used the RI Beam Factory (RIBF) at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-base Science to show that ...
General Physics
Oct 25, 2019
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