The researchers ask the question how many people could be fed while keeping a strict standard of environmental sustainability worldwide. These environmental capacities are defined… Read More »Feeding the world without damaging the planet is possible

Early mammalian development is a highly complex process involving elaborate and highly coordinated biological processes. One such process is zygotic genome activation (ZGA) which occurs… Read More »Cells reprogramming for regenerative medicine

Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) is a tropical disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which is transmitted by the bite of tsetse flies, that inhabit… Read More »Researchers finds possible new approach for sleeping sickness drugs

Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines. By mimicking how… Read More »Bats inspire Engineers to help prevent oil and gas pipe leaks

The results of the study indicate that evolution has calibrated the immune systems of a number of bird species over millions of years, enabling them… Read More »Immune systems not prepared for climate change

The reprocessing operation Nuclear energy offers a clean, low carbon source of electricity and is becoming a growing part of the energy provision in many… Read More »Molecule modification could improve reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel

Archaeologists with the University of Cincinnati have discovered two Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of engraved jewelry and artifacts that promise to unlock secrets… Read More »Archaeologists discovers Bronze Age tombs covered with Gold

Presently, Earth is the only known location where life exists in the Universe. This year the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three astronomers… Read More »Surface water on Mars was mineral rich and salty

In 1961, John Kutzbach, then a recent college graduate, was stationed in France as an aviation weather forecaster for the U.S. Air Force. There, he… Read More »Climate change in Africa may have aided human migration