“Our findings present a need for broadening local food opportunities beyond the privileged, higher-income consumer, through alternative payment plans and…
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease afflicting about 70,000 people around the world. Cystic fibrosis patients carry a defective gene that disables or…
Fisheries expert and executive director of Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University presents assessment of current fisheries…
“Expression analysis is one of the most commonly used methods in modern biology,” says Whitehead Member Richard Young. “So we are concerned that flawed…
When that strength wanes, the cloud tops drop and become less cold. That's because the higher you go in the troposphere, the colder it gets. NASA satellite…
“This has been an area of debate because observational studies have shown a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease with hormone therapy use, while a randomized…
Entrapping sensitive material, e.g. immobilization of biomolecules or immobilization of other light-, pH- and/or temperature sensitive material is a demanding…
articularly in oncology determination of gene mutation statuses serve as a biomarker to guide therapeutic decisions.
Scientists of the University of…
Weed infestations cause considerable crop yield losses worldwide. C4 weeds like Black-Grass, Cleavers, Green foxtail, Kochia and Barnyard Grass reduce yields…
International experts from 17 countries will be discussing the change in Germany’s energy policy and the transformation of the grid. In addition, they will be…
FuturICT was rated 1st out of the 21 proposals received for the initial stage of the competition which asks for visionary and highly ambitious proposals around…
Africa's iconic large carnivores, such as cheetah, lion, leopard, and wild dog, are particularly vulnerable to this practice, either because they are caught in…
However, so many variations among individual genomes exist that identifying mutations responsible for a specific disease has in many cases proven an…
In the relatively new scientific frontier of topological insulators, theoretical and experimental physicists have been studying the surfaces of these unique…
In the current issue of Science Express, Michigan State University researchers show that by the end of the 21st century, warmer oceans will cause populations…
Despite the increasing competition from alternative technologies such as solid-state drives, magnetic disks remain an important data-storage technology. They…
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