The researchers analyzed an extensive data set to determine not only how much oil and gas was eaten by bacteria, but also how the characteristics of this feast…
The researchers arrived at the determination by calculating the maximum theoretical potential of wind power worldwide, taking into account the effects that…
Now researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi have used techniques from information theory to identify DNA introns and exons an order of…
By applying chaos theory and some high school level mechanics, they determined that by knowing the initial conditions – such as the viscosity of the air, the…
An important breakthrough could help in the fight against myotonic dystrophy. The discovery, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Cell,…
David C. Jackson and colleagues explain that the body's so-called innate immune system forms a first-line defense system against respiratory diseases like…
Their study in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology concludes that such illnesses may become more of a problem as much of the nation's drinking…
The report examines how changes to glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, which covers eight countries across Asia, could affect the area's river…
Glucocorticoids, a group of hormones that includes cortisol, are considered stress hormones because their levels increase following stress. When their…
In a study that analyzed relationships between air quality and unemployment levels, a Tufts University researcher has developed a new statistical model that…
The list, published in a compendium by the Bolivian Park Service (SERNAP) and funded by WCS, shows that Madidi National Park contains 11 percent of the world's…
The team, led by Prof. Botond Köszegi of Central European University and Berkeley, will research “Behavioral Theory and Economic Applications”.In particular,…
A common bacteria ever-present on the human skin and previously considered harmless, may, in fact, be the culprit behind chronic sinusitis, a painful,…
Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has discovered novel antivirulence drugs that,…
In the largest study of its kind, living donors who had a kidney removed through a single port in the navel report higher satisfaction in several key…
When mercury is dumped into rivers and lakes, the toxic heavy metal can end up in the fish we eat and the water we drink. To help protect consumers from the…
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