A new study overturns that hypothesis, presenting the first geological evidence that the ancestors of these and other C4 grasses emerged millions of years…
His findings, which appear in the October issue of the journal “Physical Review E,” detail Cheng's work with a system designed to model cells in a biochemical…
The Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), already one of the world’s leading centers for scientific…
The method, previously used in nonhuman primates, will allow researchers to learn more about the association between estrogen levels in human infants and their…
According to research published today by a University of Cincinnati faculty member, native plants in southwestern Ohio are flowering significantly earlier, a…
This research is being presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Chicago Nov. 16. Tapan Chatterjee, PhD, and researchers in the…
As city officials ponder proposals for urban farms, a Michigan State University study indicates that a combination of urban farms, community gardens, storage…
Today, researchers who found the first hypervelocity stars escaping the Milky Way announced that their search also turned up a dozen double-star systems. Half…
New results from a study by neuroscientists at Rush University Medical Center suggest that people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease exhibit a specific…
Patients with head and neck cancer who have never smoked have much better survival rates after radiation therapy than patients with a history of smoking, new…
His own roots are international: born in Saarbrücken, Alexis Stamatakis was raised by a German mother and a Greek father and received his “Abitur” at the…
People with “mastery goals” want to improve themselves. Maybe they want to get better grades, make more sales, or land that triple toe loop. On the other hand,…
Salvatore Torquato, a professor of chemistry, has shown that two abstract puzzles in geometry — known as the “covering” and “quantizer” problems — can be…
Building better microenvironments for nurturing stem cells is critical for realizing the promises of stem-cell-based regenerative medicine, including cartilage…
New human and animal studies released today uncover the extensive brain wiring used in communication and provide new insights into how the brain processes and…
The new technology, called multimode imaging in the thermal infrared, could eventually be used in crime-scene investigations, since it can capture blood stains…