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.....»»
What Humans Can Learn From the Sea Cucumber’s Toxic Arsenal
Sea cucumbers are squishy and soft. They also employ lethal strategies to protect themselves......»»
Soft Bioresorbable Implant Controls Pain by Cooling Nerves
A team of engineers at Northwestern University led by John Rogers, the person responsible for many advances in flexible electronics, created a drug-free implant that can control pain by cooling nerves. The soft implant is intended to be wrapped aroun.....»»
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did little to affect executive pay, counter to what Congress intended
Through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress attempted to curb CEO pay by repealing a long-standing exemption that allowed companies to deduct large amounts of qualified performance-based pay. New research finds the change has had little effec.....»»
Soft but tough: Biohybrid material performs like cartilage
Producing biomaterials that match the performance of cartilage and tendons has been an elusive goal for scientists, but a new material created at Cornell demonstrates a promising new approach to mimicking natural tissue......»»
New method for developing Pichia pastoris yeast strains with high productivity of useful proteins
A collaboration including researchers from Kobe University, University of Tokyo and Tohoku University has successfully identified and disrupted genes in the yeast Pichia pastoris in order to increase its secretory production of useful proteins. Throu.....»»
Predicting the phase stability of soft matter
Soft matter is an important class of materials that typically consists of colloidal particles and/or polymers in a liquid medium. For certain compositions, these types of systems tend to (micro-)phase separate and unmix into coexisting phases that di.....»»
Apple interview questions range from the technical to the philosophical
A piece on how to land a job with the most desirable tech company in the world provides some interesting examples of Apple interview questions. It outlines the soft skills the company looks for, warns what not to do on your resume, walks you through.....»»
Analyst: AMD’s PC Revenue To Drop 26 Percent in 2022 YoY
A Morgan Stanley analyst is predicting a rough ride for AMD in 2022, but also notes it'll have a soft landing in 2023 and beyond. The post Analyst: AMD’s PC Revenue To Drop 26 Percent in 2022 YoY appeared fi.....»»
Study: How placentas evolved in mammals
The fossil record tells us about ancient life through the preserved remains of body parts like bones, teeth and turtle shells. But how to study the history of soft tissues and organs, which can decay quickly, leaving little evidence behind?.....»»
"Soft" CRISPR may offer a new fix for genetic defects
Curing debilitating genetic diseases is one of the great challenges of modern medicine. During the past decade, development of CRISPR technologies and advancements in genetics research brought new hope for patients and their families, although the sa.....»»
US Supreme Court limits government powers to curb greenhouse gases
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government's key environmental agency cannot issue broad limits on greenhouse gases, sharply curtailing the power of President Joe Biden's administration to battle climate change......»»
Valorant will record your voice chats in an attempt to curb toxic behavior
As part of its effort to reduce toxicity, Riot Games is going to start listening in on your Valorant conversations......»»
How a Turkish Municipal District Switched to GNU/Linux
Today I learned Turkey's Scientific and Technological Research Council has a subsidiary developing a GNU/Linux distro called Pardus, "redesigned to be used in accordance with the practices and habits of users in Turkey." And this week the Free Soft.....»»
US Proposes New Rules to Curb "Meme Stock" Rallies
America's Securities and Exchange Commission "is considering broad changes to curb the frenetic trading of stocks based on social media activity," reports Reuters: The proposed overhaul would be the biggest change to Wall Street's rules since 2005 a.....»»
Making the invisible visible: The remarkable journey of a powerhouse space microscope
Colloids are mixtures of microscopic particles suspended in fluids—substances that are part solid, part liquid. Colloids are found in products including toothpaste, ketchup, paint and liquid hand soap, and are part of a field of study known as soft.....»»
Review suggests current global efforts are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C
A pair of climate scientists at Concordia University has concluded that despite efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions by many nations, the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the middle of this century will not be met. In the.....»»
Scientists Unveil Bionic Robo-fish To Remove Microplastics From Seas
Scientists have designed a tiny robot-fish that is programmed to remove microplastics from seas and oceans by swimming around and adsorbing them on its soft, flexible, self-healing body. From a report: Microplastics are the billions of tiny plastic p.....»»
Netflix’s porn-y 365 Days franchise has a third movie coming
Some of the most popular and successful Netflix movies aren’t always the best or the most critically acclaimed. Case in point: Netflix’s steamy 365 Days movie franchise, which is basically soft porn masquerading as legitimate cinema. The.....»»
Intestinal cells and lactic acid bacteria work together to protect against Candida infections
The presence of probiotics such as lactic acid bacteria changes the environment in the intestine and forces the yeast fungus Candida albicans to change its metabolism, making it less infectious. This way, probiotics can contain or prevent the spread.....»»
Soft corals more resilient than reef-building corals during a marine heatwave
Soft corals, the penned, fanned and tentacled corals, of Lord Howe Island appear more resilient to coral bleaching than their hard coral cousins, a team of marine biologists led by UNSW Science finds......»»