Plant reactions to anesthetics are similar to humans and animals
In the United Kingdom, A new study showed that plants react to anesthetics similarly to the way animals and humans do, suggesting plants are...
Precision farming data offers archaeologists new insights
In the United Kingdom, a University of Bristol study suggests that developments in precision farming could yield data of great use to archaeological research,...
New study supports earlier findings that omega-6 fatty acids alleviate inflammation
In Finland, the higher the serum linoleic acid level, the lower the C-reactive protein, according to a new study from the University of Eastern...
Dipstick technology extracts DNA and RNA in 30 seconds, without a lab
In Australia, a new dipstick technology that enables pathogen detection and the rapid diagnosis of human, animal and plant disease in even the most...
Amazonian natural psychedelic improves a sense of wellbeing
In the United Kingdom, ayahuasca, a psychedelic drug traditionally used in South America, has been shown to improve people’s general sense of wellbeing and...
To know when a plant is thirsty, print a sensor right on the leaf
In Massachusetts, MIT engineers have created sensors that can be printed onto plant leaves that will reveal when the plants are experiencing a water...
Iridium kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
In the United Kingdom and China, researchers from the Professor Sadler and Professor O’Connor groups in Warwick’s Department of Chemistry and Professor Hui Chao's...
Common to humans, plants and animals, TOR protein is a cell growth regulator
In Germany, researchers studying the TOR protein discovered this protein also functions as a growth regulator in plants, just as TOR is known to...
Corals like the taste of plastic
In North Carolina, a Duke University study of plastic ingestion by corals suggests they are not mistaking it for prey like other marine animals...
Dramatic insect population declines in German nature reserves
In The Netherlands, the total biomass of flying insects has decreased by more than 75 percent in 63 nature reserves since 1989. In recent...