Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in annual worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues for fishers, workers’ income and household seafood expenditures, according to new research from the University of British Columbia. The study, released today in Science Advances, compared the ecosystem…

Opioid use in the family may influence adolescents’ opioid risk after surgery — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Having a family member with persistent opioid use may be a risk factor for young adults continuing prescriptions long after their own surgeries, a new Michigan Medicine study suggests. The presence of one or more family members using long-term opioids before a procedure was associated with a higher likelihood that adolescents prescribed opioids for…

Application of chelated calcium to stock plants improves resistance to physical damage for poinsettia cuttings — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Vegetatively propagated unrooted cuttings of annual ornamentals are typically grown in equatorial locations and shipped via airfreight to propagators located in temperate climates. Cutting quality, defined as the resistance to external forces — such as physical damage and pathogen infection — has an impact on postharvest durability during shipping and propagation. In an effort…

Technique to benefit smart phones, self-driving cars, automated image interpretation — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Whetstone, a software tool that sharpens the output of artificial neurons, has enabled neural computer networks to process information up to a hundred times more efficiently than the current industry standard, say the Sandia National Laboratories researchers who developed it. The aptly named software, which greatly reduces the amount of circuitry needed to perform…

Researchers find pond bacteria grows faster during the day, suggest a genetic explanation — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Some of the bacteria that live in ponds, lakes and other freshwater environments grow faster during the day, even though they don’t take in sunlight as an energy source, according to researchers at the University of Delaware. Special genes that absorb light could possibly explain this increased activity, as the research team recently described…

Researchers block two cancer cell signaling pathways and slow tumor growth — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Blocking two molecular pathways that send signals inside cancer cells could stave off esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), the most common esophageal malignancy in the United States, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Researchers identified the pathways using advanced computational and genetic analyses of tumor biopsies from EAC patients.…

Study shows how to grow aquatic plants in large-scale plant production systems — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Researchers Lyn Gettys and Kimberly Moore conducted a study and a series of experiments at the University of Florida to determine whether littoral aquatic plants could be grown effectively using a variety of substrates and irrigation methods similar to techniques used by traditional greenhouses for large-scale plant production. Their discoveries are shared in the…