Currently the diameter of the trees ist measured with mechanical caliper. These are large and unconfortable to handle. The innovative Göttinger solution is…
It turns out that alligators do not live on meat alone. Neither do Nile crocodiles. A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that the American…
Genome researchers from Bielefeld University’s Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) headed by Professor Dr. Alfred Pühler have succeeded in sequencing the genome…
The investigators found that a scarce, small RNA, called U6atac, controls the expression of hundreds of genes that have critical functions in cell growth,…
On Aug. 21 at 02:45 UTC/10:45 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20, NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Moderate Resolution Imaging…
A 100% genetic match for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been discovered in an insect-eating bat in close proximity to the first known case of the…
A new study conducted by UC Santa Barbara's Craig Montell, Duggan Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology,…
Young people using medications like risperidone, quetiapine, aripiprazol and olanzapine led to a threefold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes within…
The study, published today in Nature, was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National…
Looking for a parking space for hours at a busy shopping mall or being stuck on roads jammed with cars releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide are…
Furthermore, they say the algorithm could be used to calculate complex measurements such as radar cross sections, an ability integral to the development of…
A new study about the common problem of preharvest sprouting, or PHS, in wheat is nipping the crop-killing issue in the bud.Researchers at Kansas State…
During their formative years, stars both take in and blast away tremendous amounts of matter. When this ejected material collides with the surrounding gas it…
That is important because a star’s surface gravity is one of the key properties that astronomers use to calculate a star’s physical properties and assess its…
In diagrams it looks like a confection of self-curling ribbon with bits of bling hung off the ribbon here and there. In fact it is a carefully designed ring of…
Tropical Storm Pewa continues trekking through the open waters of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean today, and was captured on NASA satellite imagery.On Aug. 21…