Recyclable plastic made from Super Glue monomer
by One of the greatest inventions man has ever made was by accident. It was 1942 and the US had just entered World War II after …
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Beethoven’s cause of death revealed from locks of hair
In the autumn of 1802, some 25 years before his death, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers. The famous composer, distraught over …
Mitochondria transplants save rats from cardiac arrest
Healthy mitochondria, those tiny cellular structures often touted as “the powerhouses of the cell” by high school biology teachers, are a necessity for producing energy …
Without it, plants cannot respond to temperature
Arabidopsis seedlings grown under different conditions. Credit: Chen/UCR UC Riverside scientists have greatly improved the race to control plant responses to temperature on a rapidly …
At least 80% of the world’s most important terrestrial biodiversity sites currently contain human developments
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A study found that infrastructure is widespread globally in locations identified as internationally important for biodiversity, and its prevalence is likely …
New Animal Welfare Scoring System May Enable More Informed Food and Farming Choices – ScienceDaily
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have devised a system to measure animal welfare that allows reliable comparison between different types of pig farming. This …
Waist-to-height ratio is a better indicator of outcomes in heart failure patients than BMI — ScienceDaily
New research has debunked the idea that there is an “obesity paradox,” in which heart failure patients who are overweight or obese are believed to …
More than 4 million women and children at risk — ScienceDaily
A global treaty called the Minamata Convention requires gold mining countries to regularly report the amount of toxic mercury miners use to find and extract …
Breakthrough findings may lead to more effective prevention and treatment strategies for multi-substance use disorders — ScienceDaily
By sifting through genomic data from more than 1 million people, scientists have identified genes commonly inherited in addiction disorders, regardless of the substance used. …
Conditions mapped through simulations on DOE and TACC supercomputers for polaron prediction in 2D materials
A new direction has been taken in scientists’ quest to develop advanced materials used in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs, touchscreens and more. The advance …