However, preliminary employment studies indicate that this population may earn less and be employed at a lower rate compared to other people with disabilities….
A collaborative study between investigators at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has now…
Now mathematicians at MIT have found that efficient feeding depends on how sugary a flower’s nectar is, and whether an animal dips or sucks the nectar out. The…
A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to improved gene therapies for conditions such as heart disease and cancer as well as…
“Technology, innovation, development and deployment are key elements in the DOE cleanup effort,” said Yvette T. Collazo, Paula G. Kirk and A. Alan Moghissi of…
The paper, “Plasma levels of sphingosine l-phosphate are strongly correlated with haemotocrit, but variably restored by red blood cell transfusions,” appeared…
Researchers combined the results from a recent Mayo Clinic study with six other studies from across the world and found that estrogen is protective for stroke…
Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of the naked mole rat, a pivotal step to understanding the animal's extraordinarily long life and good health. A…
FOR MANY POORLY UNDERSTOOD MENTAL DISORDERS, such as schizophrenia or autism, scientists often wish they could turn back the clock to uncover what has gone…
By analyzing carbonate minerals in a four-billion-year-old meteorite that originated near the surface of Mars, the scientists determined that the minerals…
A University of Minnesota team of researchers has overcome a major hurdle in the quest to design a specialized type of molecular sieve that could make the…
As a person ages, the ability of their beta cells to divide and make new beta cells declines. By the time children reach the age of 10 to 12 years, the ability…
University of Illinois scholars Joseph P. Robinson and Dorothy L Espelage, who conducted the research, found that “youths who identify as lesbian, gay,…
The cell is a host of many complex reaction pathways. These pathways usually do not interfere with each other because they are contained within membrane-bound…
The ever-increasing demand for enhanced performance in electronic devices such as solar cells, sensors and batteries is matched by a need to find ways to make…
Genetically engineered microorganisms with improved properties are of vital interest in the advancement of modern medicine, as well as the agriculture and food…