Leo Wilson 
X-ray imaging visualizes hidden structures and processes in living cells and organisms. The radiation that consists of highly energy-rich electromagnetic waves, however, has an ionizing effect and may damage the genetic material. This limits the possible observation period. While conventional X-ray images of soft tissue are of low contrast, phase contrast methods produce far better … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study has found that greenhouse vegetable production (GVP) systems are major sources of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, a potent greenhouse gas. The study, conducted by a team of researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, used a high-frequency continuous automatic monitoring system to … Read more
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news The Detroit Lions clinched a first division title in 30 years as they beat NFC North rivals the Minnesota Vikings 30-24 at the US Bank … Read more
A new methodology that allows for the categorisation and organisation of single-cell data has been launched. It can be used to create a harmonised dataset for the study of human health and disease. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and collaborators developed the tool, known as … Read more
Assessment of entomopathogenic fungi (EF) against G. platensis adults. a) Efficacy of EF (B. psudobassiana SP-1, B. bassiana CA-1, B. bassiana CA-2, M. brunneum CA-3 and M. robertsii RI-1) using a conidial suspension of 1 × 107 con/mL 7 days post-inoculation. Mean values (±SD) followed by different letters are significantly different according to the Tukey … Read more
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Podiatry researchers have been awarded almost £300,000 to trial an innovative way to tackle diabetes-related foot ulcers. Ruth Barn, Gordon Hendry and Jodi Binning of Glasgow Caledonian University have been given £299,751 … Read more
Among many parents’ top resolutions for the New Year: More patience, less time on phones, better consistency with discipline and healthier family habits. Their tweens and teens are setting goals too — including achievements related to grades and school, success in an activity, exercise and nutrition and earning money, according to the University of Michigan … Read more
Artifacts found at the Chorrillo Grande 1 site include Venetian glass beads (top), horse bones and teeth (middle) and metal artifacts including nails and ornaments (bottom). Credit: Juan Bautista Belardi A new study from a University of Colorado Boulder researcher, conducted with colleagues in Argentina, sheds new light on how the introduction of horses in South … Read more
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter The BBC Ghost Story for Christmas is back – and what a wonderful, traditional gem it is. It’s an annual series of one-offs that began in the 1970s, and in more recent times … Read more
A tiny, hard-working bacterium — which weighs one-trillionth of a gram — may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way. In a new study, Cornell University scientists show that genetically engineering this bacterium could improve the efficiency for the purification of elements found in smartphones, computers, electric cars … Read more
