Although a vaccine for these viruses is in clinical trials, there is still no medication to combat them. That’s in part because researchers have not been able…
They clubbed together with like-minded individuals working across five different continents to compile the huge database of plant life histories, for which…
In an online issue of Cancer Discovery, the scientists described the molecular steps necessary for acinar cells in the pancreas — the cells that release…
Einer der diesjährigen Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences ging an die HZI-Forscherin Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier. Die zwölf Auszeichnungen, jede mit einem…
Scientists from Heidelberg University in collaboration with researchers from the University of Gießen have succeeded in electrochemically detecting protein…
Jülich scientists have developed a new control technique for scanning probe microscopes that enables the user to manipulate large single molecules…
A research team led by Dr Jantje Gerdes and Professor Per-Olof Berggren now demonstrate that insulin receptors sit on the cilia of beta cells in the pancreas….
Does synthetic biology hold the key to manned space exploration of the Moon and Mars? Berkeley Lab researchers have used synthetic biology to produce an…
In a recent study, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, scientists from the University of Illinois discovered that 39 different KoRVs in a koala’s…
The “food” sources that support Florida red tides are more diverse and complex than previously realized, according to five years' worth of research on red tide…
An ambitious research project which will be funded by the European Commission, BEST PATHS, will focus on the development of high-capacity transmission networks…
Anew U.S. Geological Survey study predicts where 50 bird species will breed, feed and live in the conterminous U.S. by 2075. While some types of birds, like…
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite flew over Nuri on Nov. 6 at 1240 UTC (7:40 a.m….
When Terra passed over Tropical Cyclone 5B on Nov. 6 at 05:05 UTC (12:05 a.m. EST), the MODIS instrument aboard took a visible image of the storm.
Most cancer deaths occur because of metastasis, yet progress in preventing and treating migratory cancer cells has been slow.
Polymers are used in cars, planes and hundreds of consumer products, and scientists have long been challenged to create polymers that are immune to…