A team of UCLA researchers has identified a new gene involved in Parkinson's disease, a finding that may one day provide a target for a new drug to prevent and…
Dennis Bowman, a crop sciences educator with U. of I. Extension, is using two drones to take aerial pictures of crops growing in research plots on the farms….
The award is connected with an invitation to spend a period of up to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with a research institution in…
As more people use smart phones or tablets to pay bills, make purchases, store personal information and even control access to their houses, the need for…
Thanks to the simple use of an alcohol-impregnated cap, Loyola University Medical Center achieved a 68 percent decrease in the overall number of central…
Prior to this, Oregon had been the only part of the West Coast that had been largely spared this devastating disease.
A mouse model of endometriosis has been developed that produces endometriosis lesions similar to those found in humans, according to a report published in The…
What makes it an allergen has now been discovered by scientists at the Vetmeduni Vienna. The pollen protein can bind iron. Without iron load the protein…
However, other forces which are usually considered to be weaker are also at work near these objects. These include forces exerted by the pressure of the…
The solution employs silicone oils, which have a lower enthalpy of vaporization than water, and is needed because waste heat produced in industrial plants or…
One approach to this problems deals with movement patterns that require less acceleration energy, as was reported in the latest issue of the magazine “Pictures…
The research, published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society Interface, shows that bacterial DNA can change from the regular double helix –…
Participants in a study on smartphones indicated that emotional reasons might influence their decision to buy smartphones with bigger screens even more than…
The phenomenon takes place in the seemingly otherworldly realm of quantum physics and opens a new experimental path to potentially powerful quantum computing.
SPHERE passed its acceptance tests in Europe in December 2013 and was then shipped to Paranal. The delicate reassembly was completed in May 2014 and the…
A new study suggests that night owls are more sedentary and feel that they have a harder time maintaining an exercise schedule.