Banning wild meat could add to global food problems
A blanket ban on the trade of wild meat could create risks for nature and for human health, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2021
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Wastewater treatment at one-third the size and cost
Wastewater treatment systems that combine conventional set-ups with a relatively new technology could reap a host of benefits: smaller plant sizes, lower energy costs and more nitrogen pollution removed.
Environment
Feb 16, 2021
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An inner sensor of body movement revealed in zebrafish
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have revealed a central proprioceptive organ built directly into the central nervous system that acts as an inner movement sensor. The article was recently published in the journal Neuron.
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2021
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Immune system sets 'tripwire' to protect against viruses
Scientists are opening new windows into understanding more about the constantly shifting evolutionary arms race between viruses and the hosts they seek to infect. Host organisms and pathogens are in a perennial chess match ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 28, 2021
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Detection of cancer from exhaled breath
The air we exhale contains information that can assist with the diagnosis of disease. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Project Hub for Microelectronic and Optical Systems for Biomedicine MEOS are now developing solutions designed ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 1, 2020
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Restoration of degraded grasslands can benefit climate change mitigation and key ecosystem services
New research has demonstrated how, in contrast to encroachment by the invasive alien tree species Prosopis julifora (known as Mathenge -in Kenya or Promi in Baringo), restoration of grasslands in tropical semi-arid regions ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2020
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Project looks at links between poultry and antimicrobial resistance
Newcastle University is co-leading an international project to better understand how changes in poultry production and consumption are affecting the rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Ecology
Nov 23, 2020
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Mystery molecule in bacteria is revealed to be a guard
Peculiar hybrid structures called retrons that are half RNA, half single-strand DNA are found in many species of bacteria. Since their discovery around 35 years ago, researchers have learned how to use retrons for producing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 5, 2020
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Touch and taste? It's all in the tentacles: Researchers uncover how the sensors in octopus suction cups work
Octopuses have captured the human imagination for centuries, inspiring sagas of sea monsters from Scandinavian kraken legends to TV's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and, most recently, Netflix's less-threatening "My Octopus ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2020
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Researchers create nanoclusters that mimic biomolecules
Biological systems come in all shapes, sizes and structures. Some of these structures, such as those found in DNA, RNA and proteins, are formed through complex molecular interactions that are not easily duplicated by inorganic ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 20, 2020
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