Researchers at Rice University have found a way to kill some diseased cells and treat others in the same sample at the same time. The process activated by a…
In new research published in a special issue of the journal Environmental Research and in “Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine Environment”— a…
According to The Arthritis Society, the second most common form of arthritis after osteoarthritis is “diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis” or DISH. It…
Belonging to the family of skipper butterflies, the new genus and species is the first butterfly discovered in Jamaica since 1995. Scientists hope the native…
This research could help increase the success of raising rare ornamental fish to adulthood. It also has implications for aquaculture, since accelerating the…
The metal-oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), is a transparent conductor used as the anode for flat screen displays, and has been the standard for decades. Due to…
The study appears in the December 3, 2012 online edition of the journal Epidemiology.”Despite the fact that the U.S. population as a whole is exposed to much…
Since Dec. 2, Bopha's maximum sustained winds have fluctuated up and down from its previous high of 155 mph and today, Dec. 3, the storm has reached its…
Water plays a huge role in biological processes, from protein folding to membrane formation, and it could be that this transformation is useful in a way not…
In a study published Dec. 4, researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report the data can be useful for developing strategies to help…
New clues about the bacteria that cause Lyme disease could lead to a novel strategy to reduce infections, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the…
The European Research Council (ERC) has earmarked some EUR 2.5 million to fund research being conducted by neuroscientist Professor Dr. Robert Nitsch at the…
Altogether, 6,000 Euros are honoured to ideas from life science research projects with application aims. In 2013, the BioRegio Regensburg with its office…
Photovoltaics continues to be an expensive technology. Dye-based solar cells may represent a more cost-effective alternative to traditional solar cells. In…
The Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), a research institute of The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), officially opened…
In a cover article published in Green Chemistry, the research team describes a process that ultimately transforms the lignin byproduct into a thermoplastic – a…