‘Turbocharging’ photosynthesis in corn hikes yield
Scientists have boosted a carbon-craving enzyme called RuBisCO to turbocharge photosynthesis in corn. The discovery promises to be a key step in improving agricultural...
Eighth-century skeleton found at Torcello
On the island of Torcello, at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice excavation site, some protagonists of the island's thousand-year history have begun to...
Decline in native fish species: Invasive species on the increase
The majority of Bavaria's watercourses are in poor ecological condition. A team has now conducted the first systematic analysis of long-term data on fish...
New cancer vaccine shows early promise for patients with HER2-positive cancers
Treatment with a HER2-targeted therapeutic cancer vaccine provided clinical benefit to several patients with metastatic HER2-positive cancers who had not previously been treated with...
Bacterial therapy tolerable, shows early promise in patients with advanced solid tumors
A phase I clinical trial investigating the use of bacterial Clostridium novyi-NT spores as an injectable monotherapy had manageable toxicities and showed early clinical...
Scientists use AI to develop better predictions of why children struggle at school
Scientists using machine learning -- a type of artificial intelligence -- with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of...
Unveiling the mechanism protecting replicated DNA from degradation
Researchers have succeeded in depleting AND-1, a key protein for DNA replication, by using a recently developed conditional protein degradation system. Consequently, they were...
New invasive bryozoan arrives in Alaskan waters
Alaska has a near-pristine marine ecosystem--it has fewer invasive species in its waters than almost any other state in the U.S. But that could...
New way to control meandering electrons and generate extreme-ultraviolet emissions
Scientists have found a completely new way to generate extreme-ultraviolet emissions -- that is, light having a wavelength of 10 to 120 nanometers. The...
Hospital privacy curtains may harbor dangerous germs
Without timely intervention, privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for resistant bacteria, posing a threat to patient safety, according to new research.
