We’ve all felt the sting of guilt when fruit and vegetables go bad before we could eat them. Now, researchers from MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have shown they can extend the shelf life of harvested plants by injecting them with melatonin using…
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Ukrainian power broker shot dead in Spain – POLITICO
KYIV — Spanish police are investigating the death of Andrii Portnov, 51, a powerful Ukrainian former politician, who was living in Spain.
Portnov was shot dead by several unknown attackers on a street in Pozuelo de Alarcón, a town in the Madrid province of Spain, the…
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Hand2: positional code that allows axolotls to regrow limbs found
With its fascinating ability to regrow entire limbs and internal organs, the Mexican axolotl is the ideal model for studying regeneration. Scientists from the lab of Elly Tanaka at IMBA now found a factor that tells cells which part of the arm to regenerate — and used it to reprogram the…
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Scientists reveal how energy is delivered into the cells major ‘shipping port’
A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell’s main energy currency, ATP, is transported into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Disrupted energy transport could affect diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders….
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Clinical trial shows improvements for spinal cord injuries
In a new clinical study, researchers from the Texas Biomedical Device Center (TxBDC) at The University of Texas at Dallas demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries.
In this study, published in the journal Nature on May 21, individuals with incomplete spinal cord…
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Live view: Stress-induced changes in generations of cancer cells
Cancer cells respond to stress with greater diversity. Drugs that affect DNA replication, or radiation that causes direct DNA damage, lead to increasingly diverse offspring over multiple cell generations. This increases the tumor’s genetic complexity and facilitates the development of resistance…
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Scientists design gene delivery systems for cells in the brain and spinal cord
Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems are a significant step toward future precise gene…
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Former Ukrainian politician shot dead outside his children’s school in Madrid | Ukraine
A former Ukrainian politician who worked as a senior aide to the former pro-Russian president has been shot and killed outside his children’s school in an upmarket suburb of Madrid.
In the latest violence to rattle Spain since Russia’s…
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‘Technical’ talks on ceasefire in Ukraine may take place at Vatican next week – Stubb
Technical-level negotiations on a potential ceasefire in Ukraine could be held at the Vatican next week, according to Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
He made this statement while answering questions from journalists in Helsinki, Ukrinform reports, citing
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Lobbying scandal related to Huawei: What we know so far
Belgian Prosecutors are investigating a corruption case involving the European Parliament and the Chinese tech company
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