“PINK1 and parkin, are implicated in selectively targeting dysfunctional components of mitochondria to the lysosome under conditions of excessive oxidative…
An international team of researchers has made important progress in understanding the distribution of the deadly amphibian chytrid pathogen.In some regions,…
Researchers have completed the most detailed study yet of how much tidal power could be generated by turbines placed in the Pentland Firth, between mainland…
By tracking the fast-produced elements, specifically magnesium in this study, astronomers can determine how rapidly different parts of the Milky Way were…
Research at the University of York's Structural Biology Laboratory, in collaboration with groups in Canada, the USA and Sweden, has begun to uncover how our…
Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a protein in the brain that plays a critical role in the memory loss seen in Alzheimer's patients, according to a…
The findings published this month in the January 19 edition of Nature Medicine outlines the discovery of this fundamental physiological process that…
In a new study published in Nature Geoscience online (January 19, 2014) scientists from the University of Potsdam, Germany and the GFZ German Research Centre…
The parasitic worm lives in the soil and enters the body through the feet. By feeding on victims' blood, the worms cause anemia and, in children, stunted…
The findings illuminate the specialized roles played by key members of the vast microbial community living in the human gut, and could inform the development…
The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, raises the possibility that measurement of tobacco exposure could be used in clinical practice to target…
A research team from Bern, Switzerland has found that male European honey bees, or drones, are much more susceptible than female European honey bees, known as…
NASA's Aqua satellite showed that thunderstorms in the low had the potential for heavy rain as it continues to track over land, and heavy rainfall warnings are…
In the EU-funded project Whey2Food the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB, together with partners from industry, are investigating how high-quality…
As the Earth warms, experts know the Columbia will change – they just don't know how much or when.University of Washington environmental engineers are…
One in five electronic-device failures is a result of corrosion. Bonds, the metal connections that enable the current to flow from one component to the next,…