Coronary artery calcium is a strong predictor of future heart attacks with a nearly 10 fold increase in the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients…
A deadly fungus, and not climate change as is widely believed, is the primary culprit behind the rapid decline of frog populations in the Andes mountains,…
A new study presented today at the IOF Regionals 4th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Hong Kong supports widespread evidence that individuals who have…
By using an optimized design, the scientists were able to inhibit genes with greatly enhanced efficiency and accuracy. The new method facilitates the search…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) working with Xinliang Feng and Klaus Müllen succeeded in producing remarkably long,…
The results are surprising because they contradict the general assumption that climate change leads to greater geographical spread of diseases. The explanation…
The German Research Association (DFG) has granted the University of Stuttgart the right to continue the transregional special research field 75 (SFB-TRR 75) on…
To protect themselves, some animals rapidly change color when their environments change, but chameleons change colors in unusual ways when they interact with…
“This report uses the most current information and state of the art scientific methodology to project a range of future supply scenarios in the upper Rio…
New research suggests that even in the absence of a concussion, blows to the head during a single season of football or ice hockey may affect the brain’s white…
Yet, the molecular pathways through which sleep deprivation wreaks its detrimental effects on the body remain poorly understood. Although numerous studies have…
Scientists have discovered how to fix sleep disturbances in mice with traumatic brain injuries — a discovery that could lead to help for hundreds of thousands…
Rice University bioengineers have developed a hydrogel scaffold for craniofacial bone tissue regeneration that starts as a liquid, solidifies into a gel in the…
They will receive roughly 10 million Euro to research methods to protect Internet users against spying and fraud and to expose perpetrators without limiting…
Glass processing using the laser is state of the art in many industrial areas, and as in the past, it has a high potential for further technology fields, for…
The ERC Consolidator Grants are being awarded for the first time this year. These grants will promote, for the duration of five years, excellent research…