Using biocontrol yeast to curb kiwifruit soft rot
Postharvest kiwifruit is susceptible to various fungal pathogens, especially soft rot, causing massive industry losses. Due to scientific concerns about consumer health and the ecosystem, as well as increasing constraints on the application of chemic.....»»
Deadly invader devastating Venezuelan coral reefs
An ominous shadow in the turquoise Caribbean waters off Venezuela comes from a deadly intruder—a soft coral that experts say has caused one of the most destructive habitat invasions on record anywhere......»»
German researchers figure out how lager first developed in Bavaria
A new paper in FEMS Yeast Research reveals the possible origin story of lager beers. Using historical records and contemporary phylogenomics research, investigators here show where lagers likely first originated: at the court brewery (Hofbräuhaus) o.....»»
Brain circuits for locomotion evolved long before appendages and skeletons, finds new study
Hundreds of millions of years before the evolution of animals with segmented bodies, jointed skeletons or appendages, soft-bodied invertebrates like sea slugs ruled the seas. A new study finds parallels between the brain architecture that drives loco.....»»
Novel living yeast-based dual biosensor for detecting peptide variants
Biosensors—sensors that can detect biological samples—are powerful tools for understanding the function, composition, and structure of biochemical molecules. Biosensors are often applied for the detection of proteins and their subunits, called pe.....»»
Winter cover crops could reduce nitrogen in Illinois drainage water by 30%
As Corn Belt states seek ways to curb nitrogen flow from farms into the Gulf of Mexico, new University of Illinois research adds evidence for winter cover crops as an important part of the solution. A simulation study published in Science of the Tot.....»»
Uber is funding an e-bike trade-in program to curb battery fires
Uber is funding a new program that aims to get electric bikes with dangerous non-certified lithium-ion batteries off New York City streets......»»
4 Reasons Not to Install macOS Monterey 12.6.5 & 11 Reasons You Should
4 Reasons Not to Install macOS Monterey 12.6.5 & 11 Reasons You Should is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile. Apple’s macOS Monterey 12.6.5 update could have a huge impact on your Mac’s performance. While many users should install the soft.....»»
Tip-enhanced spectroscopy contributes to making "transformer" semiconductor particles
Is it possible to make wearable devices like Spiderman's suit that are thin and soft, yet also feature electrical and optical functionalities? The answer lies in producing novel materials that go far beyond the performance of existing materials and d.....»»
7 ways to curb your smartphone addiction
This article lists the ways you can curb your smartphone addiction. Smartphones were invented with the goal of helping us stay in touch with our loved ones and be more productive. But with time, they have taken over our lives and we have be.....»»
From yeast to mice, from mice to man: Senescent cells get noisier with age
Getting old seems completely avoidable in youth but becomes less and less so as we age. Many of the obstacles of advanced aging are well understood, including declining eyesight, hearing loss, back, neck and arthritic joint pains, shortness of breath.....»»
Australian parliament approves emissions caps on big polluters
Australia's parliament passed breakthrough climate laws targeting the nation's worst polluters on Thursday, forcing coal mines and oil refineries to curb emissions by about five percent each year......»»
4 Reasons Not to Install macOS Monterey 12.6.4 & 11 Reasons You Should
4 Reasons Not to Install macOS Monterey 12.6.4 & 11 Reasons You Should is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile. Apple’s macOS Monterey 12.6.4 update could have a huge impact on your Mac’s performance. While many users should install the soft.....»»
Study paves way to more efficient production of 2G ethanol using specially modified yeast strain
A Brazilian study paves the way to increased efficiency of second-generation (2G) ethanol production based on the discovery of novel targets for metabolic engineering in a more robust strain of industrial yeast. An article on the study is published i.....»»
The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun
The hard electrodes inserted into the brain to treat Parkinson’s and paralysis damage the organ’s soft tissue. A new invention could change that......»»
Deadly drug-resistant yeast gained ground, more drug resistance amid COVID
Candida auris is considered an "urgent threat" and is rising fast. Enlarge / The director of Germany's National Reference Centre for Invasive Fungal Infections holds a petri dish containing the yeast Candida auris in a laborator.....»»
Check your inbox — Google may have invited you to use Bard, its ChatGPT rival
Bard, Google's AI chatbot, seems to be soft launching for a specific section of Google fans to try out before it launches to the general public......»»
Apple Pay now available in South Korea
Apple Pay has seemingly soft-launched in South Korea with only one card issuer.Apple Pay launches in South KoreaFollowing regulatory hurdles, Apple Pay was expected to launch in South Korea at any time, which has only been recently confirmed by Apple.....»»
New Zealand joins US push to curb TikTok use on official phones with parliament ban
New Zealand will ban TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end of this month, becoming the latest country to impose an official bar on the popular social media platform owned by a Beijing-based tech conglomerate......»»
US curb drags on China"s semiconductor production
According to the latest official data, China's semiconductor production for the first two months of 2023 saw a deep drop from a year earlier, reflecting a weak economy and a curb by the US and its allies on semiconductor equipment......»»
Check out the winners of this year’s Gallery of Soft Matter Physics
Submissions were judged on both striking visual qualities and scientific interest. Enlarge / Brown University scientists used two 3D-printed plastic disks to explore the Cheerios effect. (credit: A. Hooshanginejad et al., 2023).....»»