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Nanoparticle vaccine approach takes on a new target: Hepatitis C virus
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects an estimated 50 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and remains a leading cause of cirrhosis a...
Creating sustainable supply of declining tree species can support floodplain habitat restoration
A number of native black poplar whips—young unbranched trees—were planted at the campus near Southwell as part of a project involving NTU, the Environment Agenc...
Teachers report limited or no training to support neurodivergent pupils, new study finds
Nearly 25% of teachers report receiving no training on how to support neurodivergent pupils, and most of those who did describe it as brief and limited in scope...
JWST reveals surprising secrets in Jupiter's northern lights
An international team of scientists, led by a Ph.D. researcher from Northumbria University, has made further discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter'...
Nitrous oxide, a product of fertilizer use, may harm some soil bacteria
Plant growth is supported by millions of tiny soil microbes competing and cooperating with each other as they perform important roles at the plant root, includi...
Tax evasion should be treated as a form of corruption for criminal accountability, new study argues
Experts warn that without stronger enforcement and clearer rules on corporate liability, the U.K. will continue to struggle to prosecute tax offenses effectivel...
Could working from home help reverse declining birth rates?
Couples who work from home at least one day a week are having more children and planning larger families, according to a comprehensive new study spanning almost...
Research shows risk‑averse producers sell earlier in grain marketing year
A new study from University of Nebraska–Lincoln agricultural economists finds that producers with safety-first risk preferences likely make notably different gr...
Astronomers discover TOI-5734 b, a hot sub-Neptune twice Earth's size
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern Hemisphere (HARPS-N), an international...
Black soldier fly larvae show promise for safe organic waste removal
People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as manure lagoons. Now, researchers r...
New peptide catalyst enables stereoselective head-to-tail macrocycle synthesis
A team at ETH Zurich developed a new peptide-based organocatalyst that handles macrocycle formation from start to finish. Macrocyclic compounds are ubiquitous b...
Forest exhibits resilience after California mega fire
In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots in California's Lassen Volcanic Nati...