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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

Researchers predict the spread of beetle species harming local flora

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University recently generated a simulation foretelling the spreading of an invasive beetle species that harm local flora.

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

Understanding the challenges posed by herbicide drift from genetically modified crops

In recent years, soybean fields and other crops and trees across the Midwest have been experiencing more damage from drift of herbicides, particularly those plants grown from seeds that have not been genetically modified to be herbicide-tolerant.

20 Dec 2021

Fish shoals affected by ocean acidification and global warming

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming.

20 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

Multiple changes in brain cells during embryonic development may contribute to schizophrenia

Multiple changes in brain cells during the first month of embryonic development may contribute to schizophrenia later in life, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

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

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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

Researchers predict the spread of beetle species harming local flora

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

Understanding the challenges posed by herbicide drift from genetically modified crops

Fish shoals affected by ocean acidification and global warming

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

Multiple changes in brain cells during embryonic development may contribute to schizophrenia

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

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