Blessing in disguise: Mycoviruses enhance fungicide effectiveness against plant pathogens
Researchers discovered that mycoviruses, or oomycete viruses, can increase the sensitivity of plant pathogenic oomycete to fungicides like metalaxyl. Their findings suggest greater potential...
Transforming inexpensive quinolines into complex drug candidates
An innovative synthesis strategy opened up the way to 2D/3D fused frameworks using inexpensive quinolines as feedstock, report scientists. By leveraging a light-sensitive borate...
More effective cancer treatment with iontronic pump
When low doses of cancer drugs are administered continuously near malignant brain tumors using so-called iontronic technology, cancer cell growth drastically decreases. Researchers demonstrated...
Non-native plants and animals expanding ranges 100 times faster than native species
An international team of scientists has recently found that non-native species are expanding their ranges many orders of magnitude faster than native ones, in...
Interaction with insects accelerates plant evolution
Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have...
Treatment for autoimmune disorder acts on balance of immune cell types
Autoimmune diseases cannot currently be cured, only treated, and this is also true for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, which affects the central nervous system....
A railroad of cells
Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the tracks. The cells navigate through...
Shining light on mental health in space science community
The severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the planetary science community is greater than in the general U.S. population, according to a new...
Much of the Nord Stream gas remained in the sea
Much of the methane released into the southern Baltic Sea from the Nord Stream gas pipeline has remained in the water. This is shown...
Impacts of space travel on astronauts’ eye health
Gravitational changes experienced by astronauts during space travel can cause fluids within the body to shift. This can cause changes to the cardiovascular system,...