199 articles from MONDAY 12.8.2019
Ancient natural history of antibiotic production and resistance revealed
- ScienceDaily
- 19/8/12 23:23
The study is the first to put antibiotic biosynthesis and resistance into an evolutionary context. The findings will help to guide the future discovery of new antibiotics and antibiotic alternatives which are medicines that are vitally needed given the current global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Impact of largescale tree death on carbon storage
- ScienceDaily
- 19/8/12 23:23
Largescale 'disturbances', including fires, harvesting, windstorms and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are responsible for more than a tenth of tree death worldwide, according to new research.
Smoldering spots in the brain may signal severe MS
- ScienceDaily
- 19/8/12 23:23
Aided by a high-powered brain scanner and a 3D printer, researchers peered inside the brains of hundreds of multiple sclerosis patients and found that dark rimmed spots representing ongoing, 'smoldering' inflammation, called chronic active lesions, may be a hallmark of more aggressive and disabling forms of the disease.
Icebergs delay Southern Hemisphere future warming, study shows
- ScienceDaily
- 19/8/12 23:23
Future warming can accelerate the disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheet. A large fraction of the ice will enter the Southern Ocean in form of icebergs, which melt and provide a cooling and freshening effect to the warmer and denser ocean water. This process will increase the formation of sea-ice and shift winds and ocean currents. The overall effect is a slowdown in the magnitude of...
Asian longhorned beetle larvae eat plant tissues that their parents cannot
- ScienceDaily
- 19/8/12 23:23
Despite the buzz in recent years about other invasive insects that pose an even larger threat to agriculture and trees -- such as the spotted lanternfly, the stink bug and the emerald ash borer -- Penn State researchers have continued to study another damaging pest, the Asian longhorned beetle.