Every year, more than four million patients in Europe develop an infection while staying in hospital – this is because people with ill health are more…
The digital image processing technique reveals tiny calcium deposits in the breast, which are a frequent indication of tumors. Previously only experienced…
The capsule wirelessly transmits images from inside the stomach to an image processing system where the doctor can view the images. The results of the first…
The research, by an international collaboration of scientists led by Emory University, will be published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Lead author…
Researchers at the University of Cambridge hope to revolutionise cancer therapy after discovering one of the reasons why many previous attempts to harness the…
According to a new study from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), patients with acute plantar fasciitis who perform manual plantar fasciitis…
The process, devised by researchers in NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Physics, offers a potential technique for material…
Infrared imagery helps scientists detect cold top temperatures within a tropical cyclone, and Tomas' cloud tops have grown colder over the last 24 hours. Tomas…
Researchers at RIKEN have successfully developed a revolutionary new polymer film that changes shape upon irradiation with UV and visible light. Described in…
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a biologically important molecule that is very similar to DNA, the blueprint of life. Naturally occurring RNAs, such as transfer RNA…
Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, have found that field pennycress yields…
“Nature,” she said of her table-top illustration, “doesn't want lots of little things.” So Thiel grabbed the smaller things and slid them into a single pile…
The report, “Global Food Safety: Keeping Food Safe from Farm to Table,” is based on a colloquium convened by the Academy in 2009. Colloquium participants with…
At INTERGEO 2010, the Freiburg based Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM had the latest developments in the field of fast distance…
Although more research is needed, the researchers say the discovery is an important step in understanding why some tumors spread (metastasize) and others…
Missouri Botanical Garden scientists and colleagues from the National Herbarium in La Paz, Bolivia describe Prestonia leco, Passiflora madidiana, Siphoneugena…
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