A UC Riverside-led team has created a chemical to help plants hold onto water, which could stem the tide of massive annual crop losses from drought and help farmers grow food despite a changing climate.
Game Changer: New Chemical Keeps Plants Plump
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New Research Shows Lower Rates of Cancer Screening in Women with Diabetes
Cancer screening rates are up to a quarter lower in women with diabetes, varying by type of cancer, and putting them at risk of poorer cancer outcomes concludes new research in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes).
Controlling the Immune System’s Brakes to Treat Cancer, Autoimmune Disorders
Researchers at St. Jude have revealed the mechanism underlying the activation of regulatory T cells, which could spark new drug development.
New Studies Attribute Warming Waters, Local Differences in Oceanography to Rise and Fall of American Lobster Populations in the Gulf of Maine
Two new studies published by University of Maine scientists are putting a long-standing survey of the American lobster’s earliest life stages to its most rigorous test yet as an early warning system for trends in New England’s iconic fishery.
Satellite Analysis Reveals and Asymmetric Typhoon Bualoi
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite and NASA’s Aqua satellite both passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and both used infrared light to obtain temperature data and shape information on Typhoon Bualoi.
GIS-Based Analysis of Fault Zone Geometry and Hazard in an Urban Environment
ypical geologic investigations of active earthquake fault zones require that the fault can be observed at or near the Earth’s surface.
