Environment
Dec 14, 2017
The truth about bioplastics
Bioplastics are often touted as being eco-friendly, but do they live up to the hype?
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Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2017
A popular tool to trace Earth's oxygen history can give false positives
For researchers pursuing the primordial history of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, a new study might sour some "Eureka!" moments. A contemporary tool used to trace oxygen by examining ancient rock strata can produce false positives, ...
Archaeology
Jul 10, 2017
A fourth Denisovan fossil has been identified
(Â鶹ÒùÔº)—A team of researchers with members from Russia, Germany, Canada and Italy studying a tooth found in Denisova cave back in 1984 has found that it belonged to a young Denisovan girl and that it was a baby tooth. ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 6, 2017
A better understanding of nanomaterials
In the past six years, the National Research Programme "Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials" (NRP 64) intensively studied the development, use, behaviour and degradation of engineered nanomaterials, including their impact ...
Materials Science
Mar 22, 2017
Sea urchin spines could fix bones
More than 2 million procedures every year take place around the world to heal bone fractures and defects from trauma or disease, making bone the second most commonly transplanted tissue after blood. To help improve the outcomes ...
Archaeology
Jan 13, 2017
Giant ancient shark may have gone extinct due to extinction of its small prey
(Â鶹ÒùÔº)—A team of researchers with members from Italy, Belgium and Peru has found evidence that suggests the reason the giant shark megalodon went extinct millions of years ago, was because its small prey went extinct ...
Biochemistry
Dec 29, 2016
Scientists develop magnetic stem cells for gene engineering
Scientists from the Tomsk Polytechnic University's Laboratory of Novel Dosage are developing a technology to control mesenchymal stem cells of patients and allow more effective cancer treatment. To fight cancer, the scientists ...
Materials Science
Oct 4, 2016
French-Japanese laboratory to study materials under extreme conditions
To strengthen their collaboration in materials science and engineering, the CNRS, Université de Lyon, and Tohoku University are launching an international joint unit (UMI) based in Sendai, Japan, on October 4, 2016. Named ...
Engineering
May 26, 2016
Researchers look to bones and shells as blueprints for stronger, more durable concrete
Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete—the most widely used human-made material in the world—by following nature's blueprints.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2016
Plants are 'biting' back: Scientist discover 'teeth' on plants of the rock nettle family
Calcium phosphate is a widespread biomineral in the animal kingdom: Bones and teeth largely consist of this very tough mineral substance. Researchers from Bonn University could now for the first time demonstrate the presence ...
