2050 könnte jede vierte Stadt weltweit von Wasserknappheit betroffen sein – das ist das Ergebnis einer umfassenden Simulation, die Wissenschaftler des Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR) an der Universität Kassel durchgeführt haben. Dadurch erhöhe sich das Risiko von Konflikten zwischen Stadt und Land. (more…)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cancer, while always dangerous, truly becomes life-threatening when cancer cells begin to spread to different areas throughout the body. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered that a molecule used as a communication system by bacteria can be manipulated to prevent cancer cells from spreading. Senthil Kumar, an assistant research professor and assistant director of the Comparative Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, says this communication system can be used to “tell” cancer cells how to act, or even to die on command. (more…)
