“Today, we face growing and economically empowered nations, energy-intensive global economies, and major shifts in global climate that together constitute the…
Made up of a silicon microcantilever bearing nearly 500,000 aligned titanium dioxide nanotubes, this device can detect concentrations of trinitrotoluene (TNT)…
Increasing clinical evidence has validated the utility of CTAP in a variety of clinical settings. As a result, the utilization of CTAP has increased in recent…
In a first-of-its kind summary of fish consumption choices, a team of researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital has determined that consumers are not…
Die erfindungsgemäße Mikro- bzw. Nanopumpe kommt vollkommen ohne bewegliche mechanische Komponenten aus. Das zu fördernde Fluid selbst wird als Arbeits- bzw….
It was a sensation when scientists discovered methane in Mars’ atmosphere nine years ago. Many saw the presence of the gas as a clear indication of life on the…
San Andreas Fault in Santa Cruz Mountains – large quakes more frequent than previously thoughtRecent paleoseismic work has documented four surface-rupturing…
American parents may want to think again about how much they want to protect their children from everyday germs.A new Northwestern University study done in…
Blood poisoning, or sepsis, affects about 0.2 percent of the population. It is a serious condition that can lead to septic shock, one of the most common causes…
Previously published studies reported a wide variety of—and often contradictory—conclusions about the bark beetles' effect on fuels and wildfire.A team of…
A botanist brings a species of alfalfa from Siberia, to the United States. His hope? The plant survives, and leads to a new winter-hardy alfalfa. But what also…
The work, presented online May 27 in Nature Geoscience, shows that once the angle of a slope exceeds 30 degrees – whether from uplift, a rushing stream carving…
The study, which appears in a recent issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is one of a few that focuses on the eating habits of low-income…
Their study, online in the Journal of Research in Personality, finds that although matrimony does not make people happier than they were when they were single,…
The study was led by Edith Mitchell, M.D., a clinical professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson…
A new study by supply-chain researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that the relationship between major retailers such as Walmart and Target and their…