140 articles from TUESDAY 18.1.2022
'Rivers' in the sky likely to drench East Asia under climate change
It's been becoming more and more clear that global warming means more than just warmer temperatures. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more intense in many different parts of the world, creating an urgent need to predict and prepare for these changes.
Smart soil bugs offer farmers an ecofriendly route to controlling crop diseases
An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.
Electrocoagulation helps improve efficiency of microscreen drum filter in recirculating aquaculture system
Total suspended solids (TSS) affect water quality in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The TSS with small particle size in traditional RAS is easy to accumulate, resulting in excessive ammonia and nitrite nitrogen, which limits the aquaculture capacity in RAS.
Shared political views have moderating influence on cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Investors react more negatively to transactions between firms in different countries if there is evidence of weak political affinity, a new study suggests.
Saving species through genomics in megadiverse Colombia
The world's second-most megadiverse country stands to benefit ecologically, economically and socially through membership in the Earth Biogenome Project, according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Physics of cilia explain sperm's successful swimming
Sperm can't claim all the credit for their strong swimming. Carpets of tiny hairs lining the inside of the fallopian tubes give them an extra boost, propelling them upwards.
Protein molecules in mitochondria clearly assigned for the first time
Mitochondria are key components of our cells. Cell respiration and control of many metabolic and signaling processes take place within them. In order for the biochemical reactions to take place flawlessly, complex interactions between specialized protein molecules are required. Yet up to now, it wasn't known how many of the proteins in cells are also actual components of the mitochondria because...
Mutual aid: Can community fridges bring anarchist politics to the mainstream?
Since the start of the pandemic, communities throughout the UK have rallied to help vulnerable and isolated people. Churches, charities, football clubs, mosques, local councilors and groups of concerned neighbors have distributed food, home-learning technology, emotional support and everything in between.
New study shows benefits of ammonium for pine root growth
In ecological terms, coniferous formations represent the biggest terrestrial carbon sink, they play an essential part in the pollination of the ecosystems where they grow and, moreover, help improve agricultural production. At the same time, from an economic point of view, they are the main source of raw material for wood industries.
Bluefin tuna tagged for the first time in UK waters with acoustic 'residency' tags
Bluefin tuna have been tagged with state-of-the-art acoustic tracking tags for the first time in UK waters.
How atomic structure influences the different properties of carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes are of great interest in both scientific research and commercial applications thanks to the unique properties of the material. A new thesis at Karlstad University looks at how the atomic structure influences the different properties of the material.
The long transition to environmental sustainability is already underway
While the transition from today's service and brain-based economy to an environmentally sustainable economy will take decades to complete, the change has already begun. The time scale of the change is important to understand. I base my sense of the time scale on a change process that I, along with many residents of New York City, unknowingly lived through. It was New York's painful evolution from...
Evolutions of distribution and driving factors of coastal wetland in Bohai Bay
Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently obtained the annual distribution of Suaeda salsa (S. salsa) using remote sensing data from the past 30 years in Bohai Bay, China. They analyzed influencing factors of S. salsa changes.
Sunflowers' invisible colors help them attract bees and adapt to drought
It turns out sunflowers are more than just a pretty face: the ultraviolet colors of their flowers not only attract pollinators, but also help the plant regulate water loss, according to new UBC research.
Nearly half of countries' shared fish stocks are on the move due to climate change, prompting dispute concerns
Climate change will force 45 per cent of the fish stocks that cross through two or more exclusive economic zones to shift significantly from their historical habitats and migration paths by 2100, a challenge that may lead to international conflict, according to a new UBC study.
Celebrated barley came from a single plant
The 200-year-old malting barley variety 'Chevalier' was for a long time world-leading in beer brewing and is thought to have originated from a single plant. In a new study, Swedish researchers from the universities of Linköping and Stockholm have investigated this claim. They have analyzed seed samples that are older than 150 years using molecular genetic methods. The results give a revealing...
I study crowds – that’s why I know the police and crime bill will make us less safe | Stephen Reicher
Priti Patel’s crackdown on peaceful protesters ignores all the evidence about how to handle large demonstrationsOn the first day of 2022 – the hottest New Year’s Day on record – Priti Patel announced that cracking down on eco protesters would be one of her priorities for the year.It wasn’t simply rhetoric. The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill for England and Wales being debated...
Sunflowers’ invisible colors help them attract bees and adapt to drought
- ScienceDaily
- 22/1/18 16:41
It turns out sunflowers are more than just a pretty face: the ultraviolet colours of their flowers not only attract pollinators, but also help the plant regulate water loss.
Rivers speeding up Arctic ice melt at alarming rate
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- 22/1/18 16:41
Freshwater flowing into the Arctic Ocean from the continent is thought to exacerbate Arctic amplification, but the extent of its impact isn't fully understood. New research measures how the flow of the Yenisei River -- the largest freshwater river that flows into the Arctic Ocean -- has changed over the last few hundred years, and describes the impact freshwater has had on the Arctic.
Boosting T cells improves survival in mice with glioblastoma
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- 22/1/18 16:41
A new study shows that treatment with an immune-boosting protein called interleukin 7 (IL-7) in combination with radiation improves survival in mice with glioblastoma. The study in mice suggests promise for a phase 1/2 clinical trial that is investigating a long-acting type of IL-7 in patients with glioblastoma.
Nutritional value of huhu grubs assessed
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- 22/1/18 16:41
Huhu grubs have long been prized as a traditional food source and their nutritional value has just been analysed.
Harnessing the brain's plasticity to acquire epilepsy resilience
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- 22/1/18 16:41
Patients with epilepsy must take medicine to manage seizures. Even then, only 65% are able to control their symptoms, rendering invasive surgery the only cure. Now, a research group has investigated a new stimulation paradigm that could cultivate greater resistance to epilepsy.
Scientists identify therapeutic target for Epstein-Barr virus
- ScienceDaily
- 22/1/18 16:41
A new study has identified a new potential pathway for developing therapeutics that target Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Development of fatty liver disease under a healthy diet
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- 22/1/18 16:41
A new study identifies two genes, previously reported to be involved in cancer, as regulators of the metabolic state of the liver. Alterations in these genes influence the likelihood of developing fatty liver disease.
Additional antibodies may protect against COVID, study shows
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- 22/1/18 16:41
When we talk about antibodies against COVID-19, we tend to mean the so-called neutralizing antibodies, that offer protection by blocking the virus from invading our cells. Now, a new study has revealed that non-neutralizing antibodies may also be important in providing protection against COVID.