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How Can Sustainable Agricultural Practices Improve Soil Health?

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Fiona Brennan from Teagasc, about the importance of sustainable agricultural practices and how they can help to improve soil health.

21 Dec 2021

INTEGRA supports groundbreaking brain tumor research

INTEGRA Biosciences is proud to be supporting vital translational research into diffuse intrinsic ponsglioma (DIPG) – a rare childhood brain tumor – at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) with a festive donation of 20,000 EUR.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 21 Dec 2021

Tiny microbes belching toxic gas helped cause the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history

Tiny microbes belching toxic gas helped cause -; and prolong -; the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history, a new study suggests.

21 Dec 2021

Researchers investigate how training methods can spread good farming practices in Ethiopia

Smallholder family farms shape the agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, they are often affected by declining soil fertility as well as hunger and poverty. Farming practices that increase productivity as well as protect the soil are therefore crucial.

21 Dec 2021

New approach to improve UAV-enabled applications in precision agriculture

The agricultural field serves as a testing ground for fast-advancing technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and image processing techniques that are rapidly becoming inevitable tools for efficient plant phenotyping (evaluation of observable plant traits) and precision agriculture.

21 Dec 2021

New method combines AI and microfluidics to easily barcode individual cells

An innovative new method for more efficient and accurate barcoding of individual cells could help realize faster diagnosis of diseases.

From University of Exeter 21 Dec 2021

Neural circuit coordinates breathing with negative emotions, says study

Recently, a group of Salk scientists unraveled a neural network in the brain that coordinates breathing rhythm with feelings of fear and pain.

21 Dec 2021

Seed microbiomes outweigh soil microbes in colonizing plants

According to a recent study, microbes from the seeds have much staying power rather than microbes from the soil in colonizing plants.

21 Dec 2021

Study provides evidence of human to animal transmission of SARS-CoV-2

A geographic and genetic analysis of variants of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses in animals and humans might offer proof of interspecies transmission globally.

21 Dec 2021

Antibiotic resistance genes hide in inactive bacteria, research reveals

Antibiotic resistance is a race between bacteria that are becoming resistant and humans who aspire to discover new antibiotics that helps in treating infectious diseases.

21 Dec 2021

Study provides novel insights into biological energy conversion

The respiratory chain performs a major role in the cell’s energy metabolism. It is localized in mitochondria—the power plants of the cell.

21 Dec 2021

300 million grant enables the establishment of new international stem cell research center

A grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation of up to 300 million euro now enables the establishment of a major international research center focused on stem cell medicine.

20 Dec 2021

Researchers identify production mechanism of light-sensitive protein of photoreceptors

Every 6 minutes someone is told they're going blind. One of the major causes of human blindness is a disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), which causes progressive degeneration of the retina and vision loss.

20 Dec 2021

DNA analyses reveals insights into ancestry, social organization of ancient people in the Nile Valley

The first genome-wide ancient human DNA data from Sudan reveals new insights into the ancestry and social organization of people who lived more than 1,000 years ago in the Nile Valley, an important genetic and cultural crossroads.

20 Dec 2021

Boosting Confocal Microscopy Through Artificial Intelligence

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Hari Shroff from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering about his latest research into confocal microscopy.

From National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) 20 Dec 2021

Antibody-like proteins from sharks can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

Small, unique antibody-like proteins known as VNARs -; derived from the immune systems of sharks -; can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19, its variants, and related coronaviruses from infecting human cells, according to a new study published Dec. 16.

17 Dec 2021

Breakthrough infections enhance immune response to COVID-19 variants

Breakthrough infections greatly enhance immune response to variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a newly published study from Oregon Health & Science University.

17 Dec 2021

New methods help chemists to understand how bacteria turn light into chemical energy

Chemists have come to a deeper understanding of how photosynthetic bacteria convert light into chemical energy and discovered why one step in the process may be more robust than previously realized, according to a new study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

17 Dec 2021

Gene mutation for Parkinson's disease drives mislocalization of iron in activated microglia

A common gene mutation for Parkinson's disease drives mislocalization of iron in activated microglia, according to a new study publishing December 16th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, by Mark Cookson of the National Institute on Aging and colleagues.

17 Dec 2021

Novel tool can efficiently map new genome sequences to a "pangenome"

Since the first sequencing of the human genome more than 20 years ago, the study of human genomes has relied almost exclusively on a single reference genome to which others are compared to identify genetic variations.

From University of California Santa Cruz 17 Dec 2021

Research News and Research

How Can Sustainable Agricultural Practices Improve Soil Health?

INTEGRA supports groundbreaking brain tumor research

Tiny microbes belching toxic gas helped cause the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history

Researchers investigate how training methods can spread good farming practices in Ethiopia

New approach to improve UAV-enabled applications in precision agriculture

New method combines AI and microfluidics to easily barcode individual cells

Neural circuit coordinates breathing with negative emotions, says study

Seed microbiomes outweigh soil microbes in colonizing plants

Study provides evidence of human to animal transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Antibiotic resistance genes hide in inactive bacteria, research reveals

Study provides novel insights into biological energy conversion

300 million grant enables the establishment of new international stem cell research center

Researchers identify production mechanism of light-sensitive protein of photoreceptors

DNA analyses reveals insights into ancestry, social organization of ancient people in the Nile Valley

Boosting Confocal Microscopy Through Artificial Intelligence

Antibody-like proteins from sharks can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

Breakthrough infections enhance immune response to COVID-19 variants

New methods help chemists to understand how bacteria turn light into chemical energy

Gene mutation for Parkinson's disease drives mislocalization of iron in activated microglia

Novel tool can efficiently map new genome sequences to a "pangenome"

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