Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2022
How the circadian cycle affects the response to drugs in plants
Have you ever noticed that the time you take your daily caffeine hit can change how it affects you?
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Materials Science
Jul 26, 2022
Adsorbent material filters toxic chromium, arsenic from water supplies
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are tackling a global water challenge with a unique material designed to target not one, but two toxic, heavy metal pollutants for simultaneous removal.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 22, 2022
Inspired by nature, artificial microtubules can work against a current to transport tiny cargoes
Like a microscopic bucket brigade, an artificial microtubule can rapidly transport tiny particles along magnetic stepping stones, delivering them to a precise location even when operating against a strong current.
Environment
Jul 6, 2022
Cities need to embrace green innovation now to cut heat deaths in the future
In late June 2021, North America's most severe heat wave in history hit British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. In many areas, temperatures soared above 40 C, 15 C hotter than the normal average high. Although other ...
Biotechnology
Jun 30, 2022
Promising uses of non-destructive sensors to aid food security and enhance sustainable agriculture
Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 29, 2022
Researchers measure atmospheric water vapor using open-air spectroscopy
Researchers have shown that a new mid-infrared spectrometer can precisely measure the ratios of different forms of water—known as isotopologues—in atmospheric water vapor through open air in a little over 15 minutes. ...
Biotechnology
Jun 23, 2022
A fine-tuned gene editor that minimizes adverse consequences
The molecular tool CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to treat inherited blood disorders, but this may cause unintended genetic alterations. A team led by MDC researchers Klaus Rajewsky and Van Trung Chu has now presented an approach ...
Biotechnology
Jun 16, 2022
Researchers develop unique 3D printed system for harvesting stem cells from bioreactors
Researchers have developed a unique 3D printed system for harvesting stem cells from bioreactors, offering the potential for high quality, wide-scale production of stem cells in Australia at a lower cost.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2022
Research shows that weekly markets in Catalonia are a space for creativity and diversity
As part of the European project Moving Marketplaces, the postdoctoral researcher Maria Lindmäe, a member of the Culture and Socio-Ecological Dynamics Research Group (CaSEs) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra—Barcelona (UPF) ...
Social Sciences
Jun 9, 2022
How Haitian migrants are treated shows the ties between racism and refugee policy
The first protected category of the United Nations refugee convention is race. The 1951 convention defines a refugee as a person who is outside their country of residence or nationality "owing to well-founded fear of being ...
