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Madagascan tropical forests return thanks to better management and well-defined ownership

... but very little is known about the role of social institutions in influencing regeneration of tropical forests," says Maria Tengö from Stockholm university and one of the authors behind the new study. The new study points to the large capacity of dry tropical forests to spontaneously regenerate if existing lo...

First confirmed common genetic risk factors for breast cancer

...nstitute of Singapore, one of the over 20 research institutions collaborating in the international study of breast...S has several other collaborations, and scientific institutions in other countries of Europe, as well as the U.S., and Australia. ...

In nature, proteins sweep up nanoparticles

...flooded mine in Wisconsin, scientists from several institutions including the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a world in which bacteria emit proteins that sweep up metal nanoparticles into immobile clumps. Their finding may lead to innovative ways t...

Agent slows aging in mice

...Institute on Aging decided to fund grants at three institutions to do studies of this sort in the right way,” he says. In six to 10 months, once all the mice in the control group have died, the scientists will get answers to the really burning question: Will the mice fed NDGA, already well past middle age, li...

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