Science news articles about 'university of gothenburg'

  • Arsenic and new rice

    ... , into plant cells. Now Gerd Bienert and his colleagues from the University of Copehangen, Denmark and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, are the first to show that a family of transporters, called ...
  • Proteins can reduce the toxic content in rice

    Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have found the proteins which govern how plants absorb arsenic. With this discovery, a variety of rice can be developed which does not absorb the toxin, ...
  • Sex really does get better with age

    ... about "normal" sexual behaviour in this age group. Nils Beckman and colleagues from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, studied attitudes to sex in later life among four representative population ...
  • Acidification of the sea hampers reproduction of marine species

    ... just over a century ago. Jon Havenhand and Michael Thorndyke, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, along with colleagues in Australia, have studied how this acidification process affects ...
  • More acidic ocean could spell trouble for marine life's earliest stages

    ... there's no evidence yet that they don't—then we're in trouble," said Jon Havenhand of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. "The analogies are quite simple: we observed a 25 percent reduction in ...
  • Study shows continued spread of 'dead zones'

    ... has increased by a third between 1995 and 2007. Diaz and collaborator Rutger Rosenberg of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden say that dead zones are now "the key stressor on marine ecosystems" and ...
  • Comorbidity - Ghrelin 'Hunger Hormone' Implicated In Alcohol Dependence

    ... overeating," said Jörgen Engel, professor of pharmacology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. "It may be that common mechanisms in the brain underlie different forms of addictive ...
  • Hormone therapy helps short children grow up

    ... , M.D., Ph.D., professor at the Goteborg Pediatric Growth Research Center at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and lead author of the study. In this study, researchers evaluated the effects of ...
  • Clouds can predict climate changes

    The properties of clouds can be a key to predicting coming climate changes. This is shown by research at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden - which has also studied urban pollution...
  • Zimbabwe's land reform leaves farmers insecure

    In her doctoral dissertation at the School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg, in Sweden, the Zimbabwean Precious Zikhali has studied three areas of direct importance to the ...
  • Genes determine whether sugar pills work

    ... only certain people get better from placebos. A team of researchers from Uppsala University and Gothenburg University have now found gene variants that can impact the placebo effect and a mechanism ...
  • Myth about 'dirty old men' supported by science

    ... important to women. By examining lonely hearts advertisements, researchers at the University of Gothenburg and the University of Oxford have now tested how valid these presumed preferences are when ...
  • Trialling pumps to oxygenate the Baltic

    ... lifeless seabed of the Baltic? This is what a pilot study, conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, will try to establish, with the help of SEK 20 million from the Swedish National ...
  • New research findings may enable earlier diagnosis of uterine cancer

    ... of the uterus (womb) is the commonest gynaecological malignancy in the West. Research carried out at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now identified a gene that may simplify future diagnosis.
  • Blast overpressure is generated from the firing of weapons and may cause brain injury

    ... Armed Forces sponsored a study, which has been carried out by scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. They have examined the effects of noise after the firing of a ...

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