Researchers used satellite images to chronicle the historical expansion of eastern North Carolina’s swine farming industry.
How Much Spring Nitrogen to Apply? Pre-Planting Weather May Provide a Clue
Researchers note that modeling results could be used to improve nitrogen rate calculators currently in use.
Fluorescence microscopy shows how living cells form vesicles to transport cargo like growth factors
Cells have a clever way called clathrin-mediated endocytosis to transport cargos like growth factors across the cell membrane and into the cell. Researchers used a sophisticated fluorescence microscopy imaging called STAR microscopy to follow clathrin-coated vesicle formation in living cells from initiation to completion, over periods up to 100 seconds....
Marine Navigation System to Increase Safety, Commerce in Northwest
NOAA’s real-time observations to aid Naval Base Kitsap and mariners
Researchers discover mechanism linking mutations in the ‘dark matter’ of the genome to cancer
Many sections of the non-coding region of the human genome play a key role in regulating gene activity. But the relationship between non-coding mutations and cancer risk has been a mystery. New research sheds light on that mystery, providing clues that may link mutations to epigenetic changes, and may point...
Could used beer yeast be the solution to heavy metal contamination in water?
A new study finds inactive yeast could be effective as an inexpensive, abundant, and simple material for removing lead contamination from drinking water supplies. The approach should be efficient and economic, even down to part-per-billion levels of contamination.
Mathematicians Connect Students to Careers in climate-Smart Agriculture
A team of mathematicians from The University of Texas at Arlington is leading a new national initiative to create pathways for students to pursue careers in agricultural fields.
Clouds Played an Important Role in the History of Climate
Were Earth’s oceans completely covered by ice during the Cryogenian period, about 700 million years ago, or was there an ice-free belt of open water around the equator where sponges and other forms of life could survive?
Catalyst from hot water
The production of chemical substances normally requires environmentally harmful solvents. After researchers had produced organic substances without harmful substances by heating them in hot water, they can now chalk up another success: Through hydrothermal synthesis, they succeeded in jointly forming and combining organic and inorganic substances in the same reaction...
Bioengineering team develops a remote lab to teach enzyme kinetics
Researchers demonstrate the implementation of a remote laboratory activity to teach students about enzyme kinetics.