The operators London Midland (LM), First TransPennine Express (FTPE) and the leasing company Angel Trains Ltd. (ATL) have placed an order with Siemens Rail…
According to a 2003 study by German and American scientists, a component of the Lily of the Valley scent known as Bourgeonal alters the calcium balance of…
Determining if same-sex twins are identical or non-identical (from one egg or two; monozygotic or dizygotic) is not always straight forward, say the…
The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which causes atypical pneumonia, is helping scientists uncover how cells make the most of limited resources. By measuring…
While some beaches may shrink or possibly disappear, others are poised to remain relatively large — leaving an uneven distribution of economic gains and…
You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological…
Obesity is considered the leading preventable cause of death worldwide — until you reach old age, that is. Though obesity increases the risk of an early death,…
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have been able to manipulate the production of motor neurones – which control all muscle activity – in zebrafish.Zebrafish are important in helping scientists understand how motor neurones are produced, because unlike mammals, they are able to create new motor neurones as adults….
A UT Dallas professor is studying the differences between the social impairments found in autism and schizophrenia to help develop better treatments for people…
Using genome sequencing and household surveillance, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their colleagues from Columbia University Medical Center…
A new study reveals for the first time that activating the brain's visual cortex with a small amount of electrical stimulation actually improves our sense of…
“This study can help us understand why cold air is such a trigger for coronary events,” said Lawrence I. Sinoway, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and…
Insufficient or excessive weight gain in pregnancy can have negative consequences for fetuses and children including infant mortality. The Institute of…
Spread by mosquitoes, malaria is caused by a tiny parasite that infects human red blood cells. Ma and his team designed a ¡°lab on a chip¡± device to better…
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and engineers at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) are in the initial…
Epigenetics, an increasing focus of research around the world, refers not just to our genetic code, but also to the way that diet, toxins and other forces can…
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