Shimmering curtains of green and red undulate across the sky like a living thing. New research shows that aurorae on distant “hot Jupiters” could be 100-1000…
In a study published online this month in the Journal of Heredity, NOAA researchers and others, using DNA testing to fill in a missing link in the lives of…
An article in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA),…
Researchers led by Dr. Rania Tohme of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed hepatitis B immunization records of 4,075 health care…
Professor Matthias Kling, leader of the “Attosecond Imaging” Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching (near Munich), has received…
A model study with the title “Selbstwahrnehmung und Intervention (SEIN)” (self-perception and intervention), led by Associate Professor Dr. Birgit…
Scott’s results address a debate among research psychologists about the relation between the development of both language and concepts. While adults readily…
Soybeans generally are not considered a major source of lutein; however, concentrations of the chemical suggest that it could represent a dietary lutein source…
“So far we’ve collected as much data as was planned for the whole of 2011 and that’s already a great achievement for the LHC,” said CERN Director General Rolf…
The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between neurons, shaping how the brain is wired, scientists at the…
A fungus that lives at extremely high temperatures could help understand structures within our own cells. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology…
Building a battery-powered land speed vehicle capable of achieving a speed of 400+ miles per hour requires innovative components, corporate partnerships, hours…
The research, published this week in the journal Science, includes parasites in a comprehensive study of ecosystems. By doing so, the scientists say they have…
Satellites provide a bird's eye view of a hurricane's eye, and NASA noticed Hurricane Dora's eye from several of them. Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua…
The University of Michigan study, among the first to examine the Tea Party's social media strategies, also showed that analyzing Twitter activity can lead to…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by damage to the myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers. The cause remains unknown, and it is a…