by Iliyah | Mar 23, 2022 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Editor's Pick, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Alexandra (Sasha) Pavlova | Professor Paul Sunnucks – Genetic Rescue Saves Species from Extinction Human impacts on plant and animal populations can be striking. Landscape-level transformation of pristine habitats means less room for plants and animals and...
by Iliyah | Mar 16, 2022 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
Complementing Plant Breeding Programs with Biotechnology By Dr Tom Elmo Clemente, University of Nebraska-Lincoln There are three components that impact crop harvests: the genetics of the seed sown, the environment in which the crop is grown, and the inputs employed...
by Iliyah | Feb 16, 2022 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Keerti Rathore – Bioengineered Cotton Could Help Solve World Hunger Humans have relied on cotton’s textile fibre for nearly seven millennia. However, utilising cottonseed as food has been a long and unfulfilled goal of many plant breeders. Along with its...
by Iliyah | Feb 11, 2022 | Life Sciences & Biology, Medical & Health Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience
Dr Y. Peng Loh – Discovery of Neurotrophic Factor-α1 Reveals New Treatment Strategies for Stress-induced Neurodegenerative Diseases and Depression Stress produces numerous negative effects on the human body. Lying deep within the brain, one particularly...
by Iliyah | Feb 9, 2022 | Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Madeleine Beekman – Unravelling A Biological Mystery: Why We Inherit More Maternal DNA Around 1.5 billion years ago, our single-celled ancestor had a fateful snack – it engulfed another bacterium. The engulfed organism initially lived within the other, but...
by Iliyah | Feb 2, 2022 | Life Sciences & Biology, Medical & Health Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience
Dr Martin Schwarz – Mapping the Brain’s Neuronal Networks to Understand Behaviour The human brain is wonderfully complex. Billions of neuron cells connect in unique ways to create networks that determine each individual’s brain function and consequent behaviour....
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