Early spring: Predicting budburst with genetics

Tree and shrub genetics can be used to produce more accurate predictions of when leaves will…

Health professionals wary of medicinal cannabis misuse and adverse effects

An analysis of published studies gauging attitudes to medicinal cannabis has found that while health professionals…

Cause of sepsis-induced lung injury

A KAIST research team succeeded in visualizing pulmonary microcirculation and circulating cells in vivo with a…

New species of fish parasite named after Xena, the warrior princess

A study of crustacean parasites attaching themselves inside the branchial cavities (the gills) of their fish…

Trigger for directed cell motion

Researchers have discovered that curvatures of cell membranes trigger a self-organizing system. As a result, cells…

Arctic rivers provide fingerprint of carbon release from thawing permafrost

The feedback between a warming climate and accelerated release of carbon currently frozen into permafrost around…

Vaccine for African swine fever may save our bacon

Wild boar can be immunized against African Swine Fever by a new vaccine delivered to the…

New material also reveals new quasiparticles

Researchers have investigated a novel crystalline material that exhibits electronic properties that have never been seen…

Stem cells make more ‘cargo’ packets to carry cellular aging therapies

Scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells…

Alternative treatment for epileptic seizures in children identified

A new study has identified a 'user friendly' treatment for the most common life-threatening neurological emergency…