A new technique successfully takes on a longstanding challenge in DNA sequencing – determining whether a particular genetic sequence comes from an individual's…
About 120 million people around the world with Type 2 diabetes – and two million in Canada – take the drug metformin to control their disease.While doctors…
Crucially, the research led by the University of York and reported in Nature Materials, shows that oxidation of metals – the process that describes, for…
Their study shows that Pangea integration resulted in environmental deterioration which further caused that extinction. Their work, entitled “Mass extinction…
The researchers discovered, as they show in the journal Nature Photonics, that it is possible to distinguish aggregations of the proteins, believed to cause…
“Nitric oxide has contradictory roles in cancer progression, and we need new tools in order to better understand it,” says Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs…
Published online Nov. 4, the multi-institutional study strengthens a growing body of research documenting the earlier onset of puberty in girls of all races.”The impact of earlier maturation in girls has important clinical implications involving psychosocial and biologic outcomes,” said Frank Biro, MD, lead investigator and a physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. “The current study suggests clinicians may need to redefine the ages for both early and late maturation in girls.”…
“The latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccination coverage indicates that in 2012, only 53.8…
However, the study also shows that parental involvement matters. “When youth perceive that their parents or caregivers are actively engaged in their lives,…
That's according to the results of a study conducted by Chantelle Hart, associate professor of public health at Temple's Center for Obesity Research and…
A new class of materials developed at the University of Arkansas may influence the next generation of nano-devices, in which integrated circuits are composed…
In an example of the challenges water-strapped Western cities will face in a warming world, new research shows that every degree Fahrenheit of warming in the…
Scientists looking to create a potent blend of enzymes to transform materials like corn stalks and wood chips into fuels have developed a test that should…
The scientists have actively stabilized the wavelength of the photons emitted by a semiconductor thereby neutralizing the charge noise in the semiconductor….
The international study finds that a massive increase in greenhouse gases and warming of the planet would spur a nearly 7 percent global increase in…
On Oct. 30 at 0525 UTC/1:25 a.m. EDT NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite captured a good daytime view of Typhoon Krosa. A rainfall…
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