Due to some unique physical light absorption properties of nanowires, the limit of how much energy we can utilize from the sun's rays is higher than previous…
The first extensive probe of the DNA of these esophageal adenocarcinomas (EACs) has revealed that many share a distinctive mix-up of letters of the genetic…
The study, funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, investigated a new way to treat necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), where severe…
The results, which are published today in EMBO Molecular Medicine, confirm animal-to-human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA),…
In these devices, structures with large conducting paths of several millimeters in size alternate with very small structures of several micro- or nanometers in…
Rutile is used in ceramics and paints, but is particularly useful for finding out about the history of a rock.Where mineral deposits are found, rutile is often…
Climate models are the only means to predict future changes in climate and weather.“It is therefore extremely important that we investigate global climate…
These permit biological and chemical analyses to be carried out more swiftly and easily. Furthermore these systems can be used to conduct diagnostic tests,…
Despite this, the operation is not frequently performed, either in Sweden or elsewhere. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg,…
Research published in BioMed Central's journal Agriculture & Food Security demonstrates that as their crops on higher ground fail due to unreliable rainfall,…
The study, published today in the journal Nature Neuroscience, also describes changes in the patterns of brain activity of adults in their seventies that help…
New deadline for abstract submission: Abstracts for presentations can be submitted until April 15, 2013! Present day’s and tomorrow’s challenges to battery…
Seven years ago, Dr. Joe Gall of the Carnegie Institute in Baltimore, Md. and coworkers noticed an aggregation of molecules along a a block of genome that…
A key building block of life, actin is one of the most abundant and highly conserved proteins in eukaryotic cells. First discovered in muscle cells more than…
The harm done by konzo – a disease overshadowed by the war and drought it tends to accompany – goes beyond its devastating physical effects to impair…
Although many birds perished or became displaced during a mass extinction event following the first arrival of humans to the Caribbean islands, fossil evidence…