A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Nice moves: First dancing, then mating in songbirds
Java sparrows are more likely to mate after dancing together, according to a study from Hokkaido University, contradictory to the belief that songs are the primary sexual signal. Songbirds are well-known to sing duets for…
Plant’s parent genes cooperate in shaping their child
Discovery of parental factors that lead to asymmetric division of the zygote. [caption id="attachment_12113" align="alignnone" width="681"] SSP derived from the sperm cell activates the WRKY2 protein in the zygote. WRKY2 and HDG11/12, derived from the…
Study Demonstrates Efficacy of Investigational Treatment in HCV…
Study results demonstrate that the oral, once-daily treatment regimen of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) resulted in 95% sustained virologic response rates at 12 weeks post treatment (SVR12) in patients with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3. In the…
Lake MacKay, Australia
[caption id="attachment_12106" align="alignnone" width="700"] cREDIT: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA , CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO[/caption] Brown hills speckle the eastern part of Australia’s Lake MacKay in this satellite image. Located on…