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Month: April 2016
Scientists discover C4 photosynthesis boosts growth by altering size, structure of plant leaves, roots
Plants using C4 photosynthesis grow 20-100 percent quicker than more common C3 plants by altering…
Gun hunting could lead to extinction of threatened primates on African island
Gun hunting on Bioko Island correlates significantly with lower numbers of the majority of the…
Smartphone users are redefining privacy in public spaces
A combination of public smartphone use and technological surveillance has led to diminished personal privacy,…
New technique to probe ‘noise’ in quantum computing
Quantum computing may revolutionize information processing by providing a means to solve problems too complex…
American teacher panel surveys teachers’ knowledge, perceptions of state standards
In June and October of 2015, investigators surveyed teachers on their understanding of state standards…
Asynchronous cell cycle phase key to critical stage of animal embryonic development
The synchronous mitosis of early embryonic development switches to a patterned form at the 11th…
Researchers find method that could resurrect an abandoned pancreatic cancer targeted drug
Pancreatic cancer is on track to become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths by…
Predicting cell behaviour with a mathematical model
Physicists have developed new software for the life sciences. The software supports the evaluation of…
Monitoring sugar metabolism in liver may be a key to cancer diagnosis
Scientists may have discovered a significant new diagnostic marker for liver cancer, according to a…