Biologists at the University of Rochester have determined how blind mole rats fight off cancer—and the mechanism differs from what they discovered three years…
A Northwestern University research team has found a way to manufacture single laser devices that are the size of a virus particle and that operate at room…
A European initiative for climate service observation and modelling (short ECOMS), funded by the European Commission, will exploit recent advances in our…
The conversion of solar energy into electrical power plays a major role in the successful transition to renewable energy sources. Although conventional silicon…
Common medication to treat insomnia, anxiety, itching or allergies can have a negative impact on memory or concentration in the elderly, according to Dr. Cara…
A special section being published next month in the Journal of Environmental Quality addresses that question. The collection of papers grew out of a symposium…
Methane is formed under the absence of oxygen by natural biological and physical processes, e.g. in the sea floor. It is a much powerful green house gas than…
The glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) is one the most important key enzymes in the human organism and is involved in a variety of metabolic processes. <br>
Few other enzymes have such a significant influence on a wide range of cellular processes. The GSK-3 phosphorylates and influences a multitude of proteins in numerous signal pathways which are activated or inhibited in this way….
A new study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science uses Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar…
In communities across the U.S., people are hearing more and more about a controversial oil and gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing – aka,…
Paper is one of the surfaces most commonly tested for fingerprints in forensics. Unfortunately, it is particularly difficult to make fingerprints on paper…
Iskandar Malaysia, the first “smart metropolis” of Southeast Asia founded on principles of social integration as well as low carbon emissions thanks to a green…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have found through spectroscopic…
While similar processes are witnessed in younger solar systems throughout the Milky Way, the formative stages of our own solar system were believed to have…
Almost 10% of all fungal DNA sequences are, for example, incorrectly identified to species level. A international team of researchers, with it’s core at the…
Food once grown on small family plots now comes overwhelmingly from factory farms. Vessels that carried 2,000 tons of cargo have been replaced by modern…
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