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January 8, 2014
Scientists at EPFL have created a simple and scalable technique for greatly improving water splitting as a source of clean energy.
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February 28, 2023
Relatively long-lived lightning strikes are the most likely to spark wildfires and may become more common as the climate warms.
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July 24, 2025
GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss are difficult for some people to inject weekly. A new slow-release gel, tested in rats, could help.
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March 8, 2012
Researchers announce today that they have completed the genome sequence for the gorilla, the last genus of the living great apes to have its genome decoded. While confirming that mankind's closest relative is the chimpanzee, the team shows that much of the human genome more closely resembles the gorilla than it does the chimpanzee genome. This is the first time scientists have been able to compare the genomes of all four living great apes: humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
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March 14, 2012
A free, open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management describes efforts to implement an integrated pest management program for coffee berry borer in the Huila region of Colombia.
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May 30, 2012
The Tomato Genome Consortium, a group of over 300 scientists from 13 countries, has sequenced the genomes of the domesticated tomato and its wild ancestor, Solanum pimpinellifolium. This achievement is expected to lower costs and speed up efforts to improve the worldwide tomato production, making it better equipped to combat the pests, pathogens, droughts and diseases that now plague growers. The work may also speed up improvements to other crops. The sequences were reported in this week's…
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January 15, 2014
An international study has developed a refined method to identify people at risk for certain inherited cancer as a result of Lynch syndrome. The study, published in Nature Genetics has carried out clinical and basic researchers who are part of the INSIGHT (International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumors).
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March 16, 2012
Coming from the Asian continent, Drosophila suzukii has only been in Spain for a short time. Far away from slipping through into the Iberian Peninsula, it accelerated towards the north of Europe where it has already crossed the Alps. Amongst its preferred target are cherries and red fruits but any type of fruit is suitable for it to lay its eggs. This insect is posing a threat to the fruit of more and more European countries.
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January 25, 2012
The 8th European Breast Cancer Conference will take place in Vienna, Austria on March 21-24, 2012.
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April 4, 2012
ESTRO 31 and the World Congress of Brachytherapy will combine to feature new research results in clinical and basic radiobiology, physics and brachytherapy, presented by top doctors and scientists from all over the world working together for the benefit of cancer patients.
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