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New material to treat wounds can protect against resistant bacteria May 11, 2021

Researchers have developed a new material that prevents infections in wounds - a specially designed hydrogel, that works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones. The new material offers great hope for combating a growing global problem.

Glyphosate inhibits symbiotic bacteria in the saw-toothed grain beetle May 11, 2021

Susceptibility of their microbial partners to the herbicide may be an underestimated weak spot of insects that could add to their decline.

Hidden within African diamonds, a billion-plus years of deep-earth history May 11, 2021

A team has come up with a way to solve two longstanding puzzles: the ages of individual fluid-bearing diamonds, and the chemistry of their parent material. The research has allowed them to sketch out geologic events going back more than a billion years -- a potential breakthrough not only in the study of diamonds, but […]

Researchers develop magnetic thin film for spin-thermoelectric energy conversion May 11, 2021

Engineers have proposed a satellite-aided drought monitoring method that can adequately represent the complex drought conditions into a single integrated drought index.

Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing May 11, 2021

Researchers have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells.

The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world May 11, 2021

Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide us with new insights into aesthetic, practical, and technical aspects of construction and use. Scientists investigated the longest aqueduct of the time, the 426-kilometer-long Aqueduct of Valens supplying Constantinople, and revealed new insights into how this […]

Invasive species alters marine community, interferes in post-disaster recovery May 10, 2021

Clavelina oblonga, an invasive marine fouling species, not only reduces diversity in communities it invades, it also interferes in their recovery following natural disasters - a process known as 'succession.'

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