Three studies demonstrate that C storage capacity of soils in different regions of the Western Hemisphere respond similarly to a diverse range of management practises to increase soil C input.

With food shortages looming and soil quality declining rapidly, new farming techniques are needed to make tropical and sub-tropical farming more productive and sustainable.

Researchers have fashioned a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) that can function as a scale sensitive enough to measure the mass of a single atom of gold.

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Scientists are a step closer to understanding how brain cells process antidepressant drugs, cocaine, and amphetamines.

Ultra-miniature particles that resemble tiny versions of the flat, onion-topped rolls popular in New York City could hold the key to carrying medicine to tumours.

Oestrogen not only sharpens mental performance in women with certain conditions, but recharging oestrogen receptors in the brain may also sharpen cognition.

Researchers have discovered an actual gene in fruit flies that controls their sleep patterns. Does the same hold true for humans?

Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life - even though they start out happier, reveals new research.

Detecting deadly fumes in subways, toxic gases in chemical spills, and hidden explosives in baggage is becoming easier and more efficient with a measurement technique called surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

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Scientists have discovered how the calcium sensor protein calmodulin can gauge the local flow of calcium and global calcium flow entering the many channels across the entire cell.

The clinical trial of GAMMAGARD Intravenous Immunoglobulin has produced results that show significantly better global outcomes, cognitive performance and daily functioning in patients.

A strain of mice with the natural ability to repair damaged cartilage may one day lead to significant improvements in treatment of human knee, shoulder and hip injuries.

Scientist identifies brain receptor that triggers euphoric feelings from alcohol as well as a drug that blocks the heightened pleasure relapsing alcoholics experience.

Laboratory rats that voluntarily use cocaine demonstrated a persistent cellular memory in the brain's reward centre, even in the absence of the drug.

Studies show that a combination of environmental and genetic factors form a complex interplay that leads to the onset of schizophrenia.

Scientists have found a gene essential to photosynthesis and for iron metabolism, both of which are necessary for producing a healthy plant and nutritious food source.

Scientists are genetically modifying plant root systems to improve their ability to find the water essential to their survival as a means of compensating for inefficient irrigation methods.

Scientists have unlocked the genetic secrets behind the colour, flavour, shape, nutrition, and ripening of Kiwis, helping breeders grow new varieties.