A 20-year study following 110,645 workers who helped clean up after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the former Soviet territory of Ukraine…
BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by his or her height in meters squared, or W/H2. Most of the early studies that used the…
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a radically new design for a concentrator solar cell that, when irradiated from the…
The cortex consists of six different layers, which vary in their anatomical and physiological properties. It plays a key role in the cognitive capacities of…
The terms “gas” and “sea” for many will invoke associations of reserves, business, and a lot of money. Whatever the association, most of the efforts in…
Using the invention, virtually no force is exerted on the abrasive layer during a dressing process. Combined with the small dimensions of the wire electrode…
The collection of marine organisms for the aquarium trade has increased significantly in recent years. Worldwide up to 46 million animals are traded each year…
The commentary, published this week in the November issue, addresses the fact that land is disappearing from river deltas at alarming rates. And deltas are…
Fast and ultrasensitive optical systems are gaining increasing significance and are being used in a diverse range of applications, for example, in imaging…
Power supply is the backbone of our modern economy. Nearly every aspect of life depends on electrically-operated devices. When the flow of power stops, it is…
A world-famous mathematician responsible for solving one of the subject's most challenging problems has published his latest work as a University of Leicester…
The results are being published in PLOS Pathogens with Elena Vikström, researcher in medical microbiology, as the main author.When the announcement goes out,…
To build the computer chips of the future, designers will need to understand how an electrical charge behaves when it is confined to metal wires only a few…
The study was published in the current issue of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders by Yale Child Study Center researchers Fred Volkmar, M.D.,…
“Travel broadens the mind” goes the old adage, and potential employers often agree, valuing the open-mindedness and creativity fostered by such worldliness….
Stopping unwanted blood vessel growth is a key challenge in the battle against cancer, according to Dr Sreenivasan Ponnambalam, reader in human disease biology…
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