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Plastic pollution and ocean acidification have significant impacts on species living in oceans

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research.

9 Nov 2020

Study examines impact of “Front Style Labels”

Researchers from Illinois State University, North Carolina State University, University of South Carolina, and University of Maryland published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the impact of moving nutrition labels, typically placed on the back of product packages, to the front.

9 Nov 2020

Ground-breaking discovery provides new understanding of how proteins operate

A ground-breaking discovery by Centenary Institute scientists has provided new understanding as to the nature of proteins and how they exist and operate in the human body.

9 Nov 2020

Wild purple-crowned fairy-wren may hold the key to better understanding immune function

A study led by Monash scientists has found the iconic Purple-crowned fairy-wren may hold the key to better understanding immune function.

9 Nov 2020

Unrelated mutations can lead to false positive results in men with advanced prostate cancer

Unrelated mutations, when present in the blood, can lead to false positive results in men with advanced prostate cancer who are undergoing liquid biopsies.

6 Nov 2020

Study provides key insight to better understand the development of Type 2 diabetes

Scientists have found that insulin has met an evolutionary cul-de-sac, limiting its ability to adapt to obesity and thereby rendering most people vulnerable to Type 2 diabetes.

6 Nov 2020

Study shows how coronavirus block cells’ ability to produce protective proteins

One of the novel coronavirus' most insidious tricks is that it can block the ability of cells to produce protective proteins without hindering its own ability to replicate.

6 Nov 2020

Study shows five strategies to mitigate climate change

Reducing fossil fuel use is essential to stopping climate change, but that goal will remain out of reach unless global agriculture and eating habits are also transformed, according to new research from the University of Minnesota and University of Oxford.

6 Nov 2020

Conservation efforts can help the Amazon forest to withstand climate change

Conservation efforts on the edges of the Amazon forest, especially in light of recent deforestation by human disturbance, could help the region weather the storm of climate change, researchers say.

6 Nov 2020

Some crops are not adapted to gain from elevated CO2 levels

The U.S. backs out of the Paris climate agreement even as carbon dioxide (CO2) levels continue to rise. Through photosynthesis, plants are able to turn CO2 into yield. Logic tells us that more CO2 should boost crop production, but a new review from the University of Illinois shows that some crops, including corn, are adapted to a pre-industrial environment and cannot distribute their resources effectively to take advantage of extra CO2.

6 Nov 2020

Researchers compare air pollution in urban and suburban areas of China

For the first time, researchers have compared air pollution in urban and suburban areas across all of China. Using data from the China National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC), the researchers found that one air pollutant, called particulate matter (PM2.5), maybe overestimated in winter, while another pollutant, called ozone (O3), is significantly underestimated.

6 Nov 2020

Experts use super-resolution microscopy to observe individual synapse proteins

In the synapses of nerve cells (neurons), there are hundreds of specialized proteins that are important for the functioning of the nervous system. If something goes wrong here, neurological or psychiatric diseases can be the result - Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, depression, and schizophrenia are just a few of them.

6 Nov 2020

Scientists use genomics to track the outbreak of Yellow fever virus in São Paulo

Yellow fever virus is normally confined to the Amazon region, but the virus circulated in the Southeast of Brazil between 2016 and 2018, causing the worst epidemic and epizootic outbreaks there for decades. The Ministry of Health confirmed 2,251 cases of yellow fever in humans and 1,567 cases in monkeys in Brazil between December 2016 and June 2019.

6 Nov 2020

Scientists develop machine learning algorithms to determine oil viscosity

A group of Skoltech scientists developed machine learning (ML) algorithms that can teach artificial intelligence (AI) to determine oil viscosity based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data.

6 Nov 2020

Composition of virus communities is shaped by host genetic factors

Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, even if individuals belong to the same species and the same population.

6 Nov 2020

LipiDiDiet project shows positive effects of nutrient intervention in early Alzheimer’s disease

Trial participants who received a multinutrient formulation over an extended period of time showed a significantly less rapid deterioration in cognitive performance than the patients in a control group, who received only a placebo.

6 Nov 2020

Researchers outline the future effects of global warming on major cancers

Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers, according to a new report from UC San Francisco.

6 Nov 2020

Bonfire Night celebrations release high amounts of soot in the atmosphere

Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found.Researchers from the University of Leeds were monitoring air quality to determine whether soot created by fires and fireworks, known as black carbon, could help to create ice in clouds.

6 Nov 2020

A stepwise approach to increase crop yield

GAIN4CROPS is developing novel disruptive technologies to overcome one of the main constraints of photosynthesis: the photorespiration, a process that reduces CO2 assimilation efficiency, and thus biomass yield and agricultural productivity.

6 Nov 2020

Epigenetic clock predicts the future growth of cancer cells

A team of researchers from IDIBAPS-Hospital Clínic and the University of Barcelona has headed an international study to design an epigenetic clock that can track the amount of cancer cells that have multiplied previously.

5 Nov 2020

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Plastic pollution and ocean acidification have significant impacts on species living in oceans

Study examines impact of “Front Style Labels”

Ground-breaking discovery provides new understanding of how proteins operate

Wild purple-crowned fairy-wren may hold the key to better understanding immune function

Unrelated mutations can lead to false positive results in men with advanced prostate cancer

Study provides key insight to better understand the development of Type 2 diabetes

Study shows how coronavirus block cells’ ability to produce protective proteins

Study shows five strategies to mitigate climate change

Conservation efforts can help the Amazon forest to withstand climate change

Some crops are not adapted to gain from elevated CO2 levels

Researchers compare air pollution in urban and suburban areas of China

Experts use super-resolution microscopy to observe individual synapse proteins

Scientists use genomics to track the outbreak of Yellow fever virus in São Paulo

Scientists develop machine learning algorithms to determine oil viscosity

Composition of virus communities is shaped by host genetic factors

LipiDiDiet project shows positive effects of nutrient intervention in early Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers outline the future effects of global warming on major cancers

Bonfire Night celebrations release high amounts of soot in the atmosphere

A stepwise approach to increase crop yield

Epigenetic clock predicts the future growth of cancer cells

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