An ambitious hunt by Johns Hopkins scientists for actively “jumping genes” in humans has yielded compelling new evidence that the genome, anything but static,…
The discovery that a large cluster of genes appears to have jumped directly from one species of fungus to another, however, significantly strengthens the…
The new lifetime measurement—the most precise ever made of any subatomic particle—makes possible a new determination of the strength of the weak nuclear force….
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decadeJanuary temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: -0.01 C (about 0.02 degrees Fahrenheit)…
They are presented in Linking Transformational Materials and Processing for an Energy Efficient and Low-Carbon Economy: Creating the Vision and Accelerating…
“Body Worlds – The Original Exhibition of Real Human Bodies” is the most widely attended exhibit in the world, said Jane Desmond, a professor of anthropology…
According to the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM), 34.4 billion SMS have been sent in Germany in 2009. This means that each German has typed an average of 420 short text messages into their mobile. The potential consequences of sending SMS messages on a regular basis has been examined by Dr. Sascha Topolinski, psychologist in Würzburg – but from a surprising angle. The results of his work have now been published by Psychological Science….
The article has been published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI). GGTase-I is found in all cells but is particularly important for the function of…
It is often assumed that people with parents who lived to be very old are more likely to live to a grand old age themselves.“But that’s just not true – our…
Inflammation is part of the immune system and is responsible for defending humans against infection as well as fascilitating the healing of injuries, and is…
“Our results show that the metal particles that form the basis of the manufacture of carbon nanotubes must have a certain minimum size, in order for growth to…
Developing a new method to remove the bias, Hiroki Tokinaga and Shang-Ping Xie at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa,…
Electronic components based on graphene could render our current silicon-based electronics obsolete. Graphene, a more recently discovered form of carbon,…
Occupational therapist Christina Andersson, who wrote the thesis, has looked at how everyday life affects alcohol consumption as part of the wider Women and…
They describe their work in a paper to be published Feb. 6 in an advanced online issue of the journal Nature Photonics. “Our results impact a broad spectrum of…
Both males and females sing in order to define territory and find a mate, and couples also sing duets to strengthen their pair bonding. New research published…
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