With increasing numbers of information-based interactions among humans, machines and objects, especially as new services, new terminals and new needs emerge,…
“Behavior problems including attention issues, delinquency, and substance use are associated with diminished achievement, but depression is not,” said the…
The agreement will allow Taiwanese scientists to participate in EMBO training programmes and activities. It also means that EMBO Courses & Workshops can take…
“Of course, employers are looking for people who have the baseline of skills to effectively do the job,” said study author Lauren A. Rivera, an assistant…
An extremely contagious respiratory illness, pertussis puts infants at greatest risk for severe complications, including death. More than half of infants…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin have shown that synchronization emerges between brains when making music together,…
To the best of our astronomical knowledge, almost every galaxy should contain in its central region what is called a supermassive black hole: a black hole with…
The invention is a method for the manufacture of high surface area, pure polytype β-silicon carbide derived from renewable sources in a one-step-process. The…
On January 1, 2013, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will establish a new Collaborative Research Center (CRC) at the University Medical Center of Johannes…
The machine is considered multiphase because it can study shock wave propagation through a mixture of gas and solid particles. Shock tubes — machines that…
The finding, described in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is surprising because previous studies indicate that the…
High-resolution real-time images show in mice how nerves may be damaged during the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis. The results suggest that the critical…
The study, recently published online ahead of print by the journal Blood, shows that disabling a particular enzyme, called ItpkB, in mice improves the function…
By using common materials found pretty much anywhere there is dirt, a team of Michigan State University researchers have developed a new thermoelectric…
A new method of growing cardiac tissue is teaching old stem cells new tricks. The discovery, which transforms aged stem cells into cells that function like…
Chicken, steak, pasta – these classic dishes are featured in many family dinners. Besides making common sense from a nutritional point of view, would the…