Scientists at the University of Missouri report on a discovery in a key component in the signaling pathway that regulates the production of phytoalexins to…
Lapses in memory occur more frequently with age, yet the reasons for this increasing forgetfulness have not always been clear. According to new research from…
This greatly enhances the amount of data that can be stored in a magnetic storage device and provides a method to reach beyond a wall of physical limits that…
Consumers decide whether to use mail-in genetic tests based on both rational and emotional reasons, a finding that adds to a growing body of health-care…
“Empowerment is an effective approach for improving employee attitudes and work behaviors in a broad range of industries, occupations and geographic regions,”…
The researchers identified a total of 2,149 barrier islands worldwide using satellite images, topographical maps and navigational charts. The new total is…
The findings were based on case studies conducted with 27 white, middle-class Americans in 2006. The researchers, Michelle Barnhart of Oregon State University…
Damage was catastrophic along the Gulf Coast states. Oil and tar balls washed ashore, fouling beaches and estuaries. Marine organisms, seen and unseen below…
By harnessing the unique properties of polarized light, Rockefeller scientists have now developed a new technique that can help deduce the orientation of…
Their findings, published in the April issue of the Journal for Clinical Investigation, show how this combination approach kills tumor cells in both mouse…
What race best describes your background? That one question, which appears on most paperwork for health care, could leave entire groups of people underserved…
“Identifying the root cause of the problem is an indispensable first step toward devising solutions,” says Chris Van de Walle, a professor in the Materials…
An Ohio State biophysicist used a supercomputer to search thousands of molecular combinations for the best configuration to block a protein that can cause…
The researchers found a way to make an “optical battery,” said Stephen Rand, a professor in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,…
The finding upends long-held thinking that plants' speciation rates are tied to the first development of a new physical trait or mechanism. The research has…
Just in time for the 100th anniversary to commemorate the discovery of superconductivity by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911,…