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Fighting World Hunger: Researchers Use Nuclear Methods to Study Pest Resistance in Corn Plants

By Guest PostJanuary 29, 2017Sciencecorn plants, nuclear methods, pest resistance, pet imaging, richard ferrieri, world hunger

Expertise, resources found at Mizzou allow researchers to study pest-resistance in corn that could help sustain projected 9 billion global population

COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to estimates, the current global population is more than 7.4 billion people and is growing at a rate of 88 million people per year. Developing corn varieties that are resistant to pests is vital to sustain the estimated 9 billion global population by 2050. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri, using advanced nuclear methods, have determined the mechanisms corn plants use to combat the western corn rootworm, a major pest threatening the growth of the vital food source. Scientists believe that using the knowledge gained from these cutting-edge studies could help crop breeders in developing new resistant lines of corn and make significant strides toward solving global food shortages. (more…)

New Technique Could Boost Online Word-of-Mouth Marketing

By Guest PostJanuary 28, 2017Technologyagent based modeling, contagion model, freemium model, manuel chica, marketing, online, social networks, william rand, word of mouth

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Open University of Catalonia have developed a technique for creating complex predictive tools that can be used to make effective decisions about word-of-mouth marketing for online products and services. (more…)

Cementing a theory about the sea creatures of the Ediacara Biota

By Guest PostJanuary 28, 2017Scienceashleigh hood, derek briggs, ediacara biota, ediacara organisms, james gehling, lidya tarhan, marine fossils, sea creatures, south australia

Earth’s earliest community of complex sea creatures lived in a warm, slimy, planetary petri dish that nurtured a broad array of exotic species. Yet we likely wouldn’t know about it at all, scientists say, if not for a quirk in the chemistry of ancient oceans. (more…)

Überlebenskünstler in der Antarktis

By Guest PostJanuary 26, 2017Scienceantarktis, hans jochen schiewer, ho il yoon, hyoungseok lee, klimawandel, modellmoos, moosart, physcomitrella patens, ralf reski, sanionia uncinata, ueberlebenskuenstler

Forscher untersuchen, wie Moose in Gegenden mit unwirtlichen Bedingungen überleben können

Den Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Pflanzenwelt in der Antarktis verstehen: Der Rektor der Universität Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer, und der Präsident des Korea Polar Research Institute KOPRI/Südkorea, Dr. Ho-Il Yoon, haben ein Kooperationsabkommen für Moosforschung unterzeichnet. (more…)

A complete waste of energy

By Guest PostJanuary 26, 2017Scienceelectronic devices, energy efficiency, laptop, massood tabib azar, nurunnahar islam mou, pradeep pai, ram, Technology, vampire appliances, waste of energy, yuying zhang

Utah engineers develop process for electronic devices that stops wasteful power leakage

According to the National Resource Defense Council, Americans waste up to $19 billion annually in electricity costs due to “vampire appliances,” always-on digital devices in the home that suck power even when they are turned off. (more…)

Addiction Treatment Graduates Describe Their Catalysts for Seeking Help

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2017Healthaddiction treatment, drug culture, grip of addiction, meth addict, recovery survivors, treehouse, treehouse in texas

Most recovery survivors I talk to can tell me the exact moment they decided to seek treatment. For some, it’s a small push; for others, it’s a shove. The majority of these people have similar storylines, though everyone’s experience is unique. It’s true that a lot of people require multiple attempts at sobriety before it sticks, but ultimately everyone reaches a moment when they realize they’re truly in a life or death situation. (more…)

A window into battery life for next-gen lithium cells

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2017Sciencebattery life, dendrites, kevin wood, lithium cells, lithium metal battery, neil dasgupta, safety

ANN ARBOR — Dendrites, whiskers of lithium that grow inside batteries and can cause fires like those in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, are the bane of next-generation lithium batteries. (more…)

Light therapy effectively treats early prostate cancer

By Guest PostJanuary 24, 2017Healthcancer cells, diagnose, erectile problems, kill, light therapy, mark emberton, photodynamic therapy, prostate, prostate cancer, steba biotech, treatment, tumour tissue, vtp

A new non-surgical treatment for low-risk prostate cancer can effectively kill cancer cells while preserving healthy tissue, reports a new UCL-led phase III clinical trial in 413 patients. The trial was funded by STEBA Biotech which holds the commercial license for the treatment. (more…)

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