eDNA explained: Unlocking nature's hidden biodiversity
Environmental DNA—or eDNA for short—is DNA left behind in the environment like fingerprints at a crime scene.
Environmental DNA—or eDNA for short—is DNA left behind in the environment like fingerprints at a crime scene.
Ecology
Dec 8, 2023
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Microplastics are known to collect in ecosystems and nanoplastics occur from the breaking down of microplastics. Nanoplastics are plastic particles of sizes less than 100 nm and when they are in water, they are dispersed ...
Biochemistry
Jun 27, 2022
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Antarctica represents one of the last frontiers for discoveries on Earth. Our focus is on what lies beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica's massive wedge of floating ice that shelters the southern-most extension of the Southern ...
Ecology
Mar 11, 2022
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A team of researchers at Canada's Simon Fraser University has found that several species of spiders avoid areas where fire ants have recently congregated. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, ...
Filter 'paper' made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them with light. This discovery by an EPFL laboratory could be put to use in personal protective equipment, as well as in ventilation ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 7, 2020
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Ultrathin carbon nanotubes crystals could have wonderous uses, like converting waste heat into electricity with near-perfect efficiency, and Rice University engineers have taken a big step toward that goal.
Nanophysics
Mar 9, 2020
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Researchers from the Division of Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have developed a new technique that utilizes filter paper to cryopreserve human cells, offering scientists an efficient alternative to conventional, long-term ...
Biotechnology
Jan 29, 2020
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The problem of access to safe drinking water in most parts of Bangladesh is a persistent challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and Dhaka University, Bangladesh, shows that a locally growing ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 19, 2019
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Many nocturnal animals including insects use a species-specific smell, that is, a sex pheromone, to locate and attract potential mates. For example, female American cockroaches emit sex pheromones called "periplanones" with ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2019
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Dried blood on filter paper stored for future diagnostic purposes – considerably easier than the present-day, resource-consuming method using frozen blood samples in plastic tubes. In a new study, Uppsala researchers have ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 22, 2017
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