Marine shallow-water environments, where this research was performed, are highly productive systems organized into distinct habitats. There are sandy beaches…
MicroRNA as anti-aging molecule in brain
A new study on how ocean currents transport floating marine debris is helping to explain how garbage patches form in the world's oceans. Researchers from the…
A team at the Salk Institute has developed a computational algorithm that integrates two different data types to make locating key regions within the genome…
A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to…
University of British Columbia researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant–the first of its kind in Canada–that could offer an alternative for…
Control and monitoring of coating processes inline – for the first time
The small protein ubiquitin regulates a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological processes in the human body. It lives up to its name quite literally…
Cells need to repair damaged DNA in our genes to prevent the development of cancer and other diseases. Our cells therefore activate and send “repair-proteins”…
CORIO refrigerated circulators
The new Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-16 is working and successfully sending data back to Earth.
The language of computers is written in just two symbols — ones and zeroes, meaning yes or no. But a world of richer possibilities awaits us if we could…
During this year’s AAAS Meeting, entitled “Serving Society through Science Policy”, the organisers of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will exhibit at booth…
Nearly one year ago today, the LIGO Collaboration announced the detection of gravitational waves, once again confirming Einstein's theory of General…
Beijing MST (Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere) Radar is one of the largest facilities within the Chinese Meridian Project (a chain of diverse ground-based…
“Measure twice, cut once” is an old carpenter's proverb–a reminder that careful planning can save time and materials in the long run.