“We found that in mice that have short telomeres, there was a significant increased risk of developing emphysema after exposure to cigarette smoke,” said Mary…
The Bornean rainbow toad, also known as the Sambas Stream toad (Ansonia latidisca) was rediscovered on Borneo in the Malaysian state of Sarawak by local…
Around 150 economists and agricultural economists from more than 20 countries all over the world came to IAMO Forum 2011 “Will the ‘BRICs Decade’ Continue?…
The SMRT (single molecule, real-time) technology is also faster than current high-throughput technologies. The researchers of the BIMSB will use this…
A new research paper sheds light on the way antibodies distinguish between different but closely related 'biomarkers' – proteins which reveal information about…
Specific antisense oligonucleotides were developed for the four human Argonaute proteins as non-RNAi based tools for the knockdown of human Ago expression on…
Titanium Alloy Ti Al6 V4 with Lanthan.
Manufacturing of titanium alloys: Automation of cutting operations like drilling or turning gets…
Airglow waves captured by the Illinois imaging system over Hawaii. The red line represents the location of the ocean-level tsunami at the time of the image.The…
Scientists at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle have determined the atomic architecture of a sodium channel. The achievement opens new possibilities…
Rice – which provides nearly half the daily calories for the world’s population – could become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by…
So much has changed since 1963, when Betty Friedan's influential “The Feminine Mystique” provoked a national discussion about the deep dissatisfaction women…
At an atomic scale, the tiniest bridge of gold — that made of a single atom — is actually the strongest, according to new research by engineers at the…
In this week's early online publication of the journal Nature, biologists at the University of California, San Diego report their discovery of a protein…
According to the studies, individuals who already care a lot (highly identify) with a cause are more likely to financially support the cause if a solicitation…
Hospitals struggle to prevent the infections that complicate treatment for cancer, joint replacement, heart surgery and other conditions. Hospital-acquired…
The first of the two probes settled into a stable orbit around the moon's equator on June 27. If all goes well, the second probe will assume a similar lunar…