Between 75 and 80 per cent of all volcanic activity on Earth takes place at deep-sea, mid-ocean ridges. Most of these volcanoes produce effusive lava flows…
“The skeletons of long-dead animals lying on landscapes provide critical insight into our understanding of ecosystem history, especially how populations have…
For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, reports a team of researchers in…
Just like snowflakes, no two people are alike, even if they're identical twins according to new genetic research from The University of Western Ontario….
How exactly bacterial pathogens cause diseases in plants remains a mystery and continues to frustrate scientists working to solve this problem. Now Wenbo Ma, a…
Using mice modified to develop Alzheimer's disease, the research team found that when â-amyloid, an abnormal protein linked to Alzheimer's disease, starts to…
The team, led by James Marden, a professor of biology at Penn State University, and Christopher Wheat, a post-doctoral scholar working at both Penn State and…
“During the winter months, contaminants accumulate in the snow,” says Meyer, an expert on snow-bound organic contaminants and a post-doctoral fellow at UTSC….
Researchers from Arizona State University surveyed people in nine diverse locations around the world and found negative attitudes toward fat bodies in every…
A researcher at Case Western Reserve University has detected tiny amounts of Iodine 131 from Japan in rainwater collected from the roof of a campus building. Gerald Matisoff, professor of geology, said the presence of the isotope presents no danger to human health. He estimated the level of radiation is about one-tenth that of natural background radiation….
The workshop will focus on silicon-related nanoelectronics to bridge a gap between the Si nano-technology and the “real” VLSI world. The first Silicon…
In 2011, Tsukuba, home city to the country's national testing and research facilities encompassing such research fields as science, industry, agriculture and…
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) announced on February 8, 2011 that Researcher Genki Yoshikawa of NIMS International Center for Materials…
Japan Science and Technology Agency and Tohoku University announced on March 2, 2011 that Professor Tadahiro Yoneda of Tohoku University and his colleagues…
The Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute of Natural Sciences announced on March 3, 2011 that a research group led by Professor Masahiro Hiramoto…
The University of Tokyo announced on February 7, 2011 that Professor M. Tanaka and his colleagues have succeeded in determining the Fermi level position and…
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