Periodic flooding in Texas—one the most flood-prone states in the nation—cannot be firmly linked to climate change due to numerous dams and other manmade…
The six “microRNA” molecules were already known to be overproduced in lymphomas and in many other human cancers, but no one had demonstrated that they can be…
Ten years ago, scientists announced the end of the Human Genome Project, the international attempt to learn which combination of four nucleotides—adenine,…
Scientists would like to apply the same principles by which baking soda removes food odors from refrigerators or silica powder keeps moisture away from…
Given its common name due to its flat-topped, table-like shape, table coral (Acropora cytherea) is one of the primary reef-building corals throughout most of…
Gemini Observatory’s latest tool for astronomers, a second-generation infrared instrument called FLAMINGOS-2, has “traveled a long road” to begin science…
Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center have identified four inherited genetic variants in non-small cell lung cancer patients that can help predict survival…
Many modern office and administrative buildings attract the attention of passers-by with their large facades and glass surfaces. In order to put these surfaces…
Physicists of the University of Hamburg, Germany, managed for the first time to individually write and delete single skyrmions, a knot-like magnetic entity….
If one wants to better understand how plants grow, one must analyze the chemistry of life in its molecular detail. Michael Hothorn from the…
The inventions describes a simple single-step synthesis of perylene-3,4-dicarboxylic acid anhydride from perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic acid bisanhydride.Further Information: …
“We have tried to break this paradigm of tradeoffs in materials (by improving) both the stability and the conductivity of this membrane at the same time, and…
Now a new computer-modeling study suggests that the ozone hole might actually have a slight warming influence, but because of its effect on winds, not…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have solved the 40-year-old mystery of the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas…
The tiny power supply measures less than half a centimetre across and is made from a flexible material, opening up the possibility for wearable electronics.The…
Researchers in Taiwan have discovered that people with sleep apnea are far more likely to develop glaucoma compared to those without the sleep condition. The…
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