Are wildfires following bark beetles more severe?
Bark beetles are responsible for large numbers of dead trees in ponderosa pine forests in the United States. The relationship between tree mortality caused by bark beetles and increasingly severe […]
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Predicting protein function and annotating complex pathways with machine learning
Dr Daisuke Kihara’s team at Purdue University have created novel computational approaches for predicting protein functions. Instead of following a one-protein-one-function approach, their algorithms can predict the functional relationships of […]
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Secrets of the stalk: Regulating plant temperature from the inside out
Have you ever questioned the reasoning behind hollow stems in some plants? When we think about it there are a surprising number of plants with this feature. A common misconception would […]
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Exciting advancements in ovarian cancer treatment
Ovarian cancer is treacherous and challenging to treat. With standard treatment unchanged since the 1990s and newer costly treatments failing to restrain the tumour’s growth over long periods of time, […]
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Drilling for knowledge: A collaborative approach to ocean drilling in the Arctic
The Arctic contains important records of tectonic and geological oceanic history, yet is a vastly under-sampled area. However, a better knowledge of the past climate and tectonic history of this […]
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Fluorescent imaging sheds new light on apoptosis
Researchers at the Avera Cancer Institute are using state-of-the-art fluorescent imaging to shed new light on the physical and biochemical processes behind apoptosis – also known as ‘programmed cell death’. […]
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Inquiry learning: Empowering African American women in STEM
By employing modern theories of learning such as metacognitive skillfulness, agency, and inquiry-based learning, Dr Leyte Winfield, former Chair of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and current Chair of the […]
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Institutional investors and information acquisition: Implications for asset prices and informational efficiency
The research of Dr Adrian Buss (INSEAD) and Matthijs Breugem (Collegio Carlo Alberto) explores how the growth of assets under management by institutional investors with relative performance concerns influences the […]
Will an old problem yield a new insight? Perhaps an elegant proof of the 4 colour theorem?
The 4 colour problem is one of the most famous mathematical problems. It resisted proof for more than a hundred years before finally succumbing; in the end, there was a […]
NPCR: Next generation cancer register
Knowledge is power and in this modern age, data is often our most valuable commodity. Nowhere is this truer than in healthcare, where patient data is revolutionizing the way we […]