Proteins are among the most important building blocks of life. To function properly within the body, their amino acid sequence needs to be folded into a…
NACO looks back on a decade of scientific results, including the first direct image of an exoplanet and insight into the surroundings of our home galaxy's…
However, investigation into these diseases is made particularly difficult due to the limited availability of human brain tissue. Scientists from the Life &…
These web-spinners extract the nutrients they need from leaves of more than a thousand different plant species, including bioenergy feedstocks and food…
Such behaviors are called endophenotypes. Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found that mice lacking a gene that encodes…
The tiny two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) causes much anxiety for farmers, and has been, to date, a scientific mystery. It feeds on over 1,100…
Moreover, it is often impossible to identify all the fine extensions by which the tumor spreads into surrounding healthy tissue. To at least slow down the…
20% of children in the UK suffer from atopic eczema and whilst this usually clears up in adolescence, 7% of adults will continue to suffer throughout their…
Professor Khalil Najafi, the chair of electrical and computer engineering, and doctoral student Erkan Aktakka are finding ways to harvest energy from insects,…
The alloy, a combination of cobalt and iron, is notable, among other things, for not using rare-earth elements to achieve its properties. Materials scientists…
A piezoelectric material, such as quartz, expands slightly when fed electricity and, conversely, generates an electric charge when squeezed. Quartz watches…
SINCMany questions arise when trying to lose weight. Would it be better to start on a diet and then do exercise, or the other way around? And how much does one…
Scientists from the EPFL and the University of Geneva have discovered a genetic mechanism that defines the shape of our members in which, surprisingly, genes…
Two of the most important cardiology associations in the US include snow -shoveling on their websites as a high risk physical activity, but all the citation…
A new study involving bat skulls, bite force measurements and scat samples collected by an international team of evolutionary biologists is helping to solve a…
Their findings are reported online in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.Telomeres are the natural ends of chromosomes, consisting of specialized…
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