The study, published in the April 22 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), describes the discovery of a protein that is involved in the…
After studying data from Japan’s extensive seismic network, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Kyoto University and the U.S….
Scientists have known for years that playing violent video games causes players to become more aggressive. The findings of a new University of Missouri (MU)…
How unique is the Milky Way?To find out, a group of researchers led by Stanford University astrophysicist Risa Wechsler compared the Milky Way to similar…
“We found that exposure to a high-fat diet before birth modifies gene expression in the livers of offspring so they are more likely to overproduce glucose,…
It is common knowledge that bats and dolphins echolocate, emitting bursts of sounds and then listening to the echoes that bounce back to detect objects. What…
Mars developed in as little as two to four million years after the birth of the solar system, far more quickly than Earth, according to results of a new study…
Aggregations, or schools, of whale sharks have been witnessed in the past, ranging from several individual sharks to a few dozen. However this new research,…
“Previous studies have shown that economic conditions affect mood – people would expect this, it's more obvious,” said Alok Kumar, the Gabelli Asset Management…
Developing countries often lack the official government structure needed to collect taxes efficiently. This lack of systematic tax collection limits the…
To understand our past and imagine our future, we must understand what happens when galaxies collide. But since galaxy collisions take place over millions to…
Both TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments were used to provide the rainfall analysis. TRMM's TMI had the best coverage of…
For the visually impaired, navigating city streets or neighborhoods has constant challenges. And most such people still must rely on a very rudimentary…
A BBSRC-funded team at UCL has published a paper today (12 May) in the Journal of Experimental Biology that shows that this remarkable visual ability is part…
Human eggs are microscopically small, but need to travel to a woman's womb if she is going to have a successful pregnancy. Although the process is essential…
The British study of 1,030 people compares the extent of bone mineral density (BMD)* loss – a common measure of osteoporosis – in two physical locations in the…
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