Firefighters put their lives on the line in some of the most dangerous conditions on Earth. One of their greatest challenges, however, is seeing through thick…
Privatdozent [senior lecturer] Dr. Andy Thomas from Bielefeld University’s Faculty of Physics is experimenting with memristors – electronic microcomponents…
The team from the Universities of Bristol and Exeter found that crabs exposed to recordings of ship noise showed an increase in metabolic rate, indicating…
A description of the research, conducted in mice and test tubes, appeared online Feb. 11 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.“The…
Recent research offers a new spin on using nanoscale semiconductor structures to build faster computers and electronics. Literally.University of Pittsburgh and…
Their study is published today in Clinical Cancer Research.In the latest study, U of M researchers evaluated how inherited genetic polymorphisms in CD33, a…
Ductility refers to a material's plasticity, or its ability to change shape without breaking.”Most of us think of glasses as brittle, but our finding shows…
Ohio State University psychology researchers determined that people who retained negative attitudes about public speaking after exposure therapy were more…
“Decades ago, the main role of the mother of the bride was creating the new home for the union of two families,” says Tonya Williams Bradford, assistant…
Recent work by Harvard researchers demonstrates how the signaling pathway of insulin and insulinlike peptides plays a critical role in helping to regulate…
As cancer researchers are learning more about the causes of tumor cell growth and drug resistance, they are discovering molecular pathways that might lead to…
An estimated 300,000 U.S. patients get surgical site infections every year, and while the causes are varied, a new University of Utah study suggests that some…
A cooperative study that included the University of Colorado Cancer Center, published in this month’s issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,…
A protein known for turning on genes to help cells survive low-oxygen conditions also slows down the copying of new DNA strands, thus shutting down the growth…
Researchers from the State University of Papua Indonesia, NOAA Fisheries Service, University of Alabama at Birmingham and World Wildlife Fund Indonesia…
Yet, new research in mesoscale atmospheric modeling by UNC Charlotte's Amanda S. Adams and Harvard University's David W. Keith, published Monday in the journal…