Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. This discovery aims to hasten the creation of…
When waves meet, a new single wave is created. This phenomenon is well understood for mechanical waves such as sound, and electro-magnetic waves such as light,…
How is it that a disc-like cluster of cells transforms within the first month of pregnancy into an elongated embryo? This mechanism is a mystery that man has…
Its use of material science and development of cost-effective processing technology is illustrated by two recent technological developments to be highlighted…
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered a novel interaction between two proteins involved in regulating cell growth that…
“While preliminary, these findings support a relationship between GER, chronic microaspiration and IPF,” said lead researcher Joyce Lee, MD, clinical…
A one-dose method for delivering gene therapy into an arterial wall effectively protects the artery from developing atherosclerosis despite ongoing high blood…
Outliving one's resources and falling into poverty is an increasingly common experience among today's senior citizens, according to a new report produced…
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Typhoon Ma-on early on July 19, at 0347 UTC (11:47 p.m. EDT on July 18) and imagery from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder…
Now, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have demonstrated that dopamine produced outside the brain – in the kidneys – is important for renal…
A major challenge for cancer biologists is figuring out which among the hundreds of genetic mutations found in a cancer cell are most important for driving the…
To highlight some of the challenges and controversies encountered in diagnosis and treatment of men with TD, the authors of a review article in the American…
Scientists found that study participants with brain changes suggestive of early Alzheimer’s disease were more likely to fall than those whose brains did not…
This proof-of-concept advance could have broad implications in treating diseases of the nervous system or the heart, since these tissues rely on cells with the…
As the population ages and obesity and diabetes increase, more people suffer from noncardiac vascular diseases. In the July/August issue of Progress in…
The objectives of the contest are the generation of ideas and applications, which help determine how to propagate IPv6 deployment for the next generation…