At some point it catches up with everyone. With increasing age joints and bones wear out. When for instance the cartilage, functioning as cushions between the…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) – the two autoimmune diseases covered by the thesis – can follow vastly different courses, with…
The North American comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi has long been known to consume vast quantities of zooplankton. A few years ago the species became…
A growing hole in the ozone layer and a change in sunbathing habits have brought an increase in the number of cases of skin cancer worldwide. One way of…
The researchers studied how these substances can be activated through contact with oxygen in the air, and how this, in turn, can affect the skin.One particular…
The report looks at meetings with other cultures, development of language skills and players who travel to meet up with other players. But it also deals with…
In plants, animals and other “eukaryotes,” the assembly of a multi-protein complex called pre-replicative complex (preRC) is the first step in the initiation…
Early detection is critical for improving cancer survival rates. Yet, one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, lung cancer, is notoriously difficult…
Two teams of researchers who made national headlines in April for showing the first evidence of water ice and organic molecules on an asteroid have now…
“Modern agricultural science is playing a critical role in addressing many of the toughest issues facing American agriculture today, including pest management…
The latest tests conducted by anthropologists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have proven that the bacteria Yersinia pestis was indeed the…
The massive international study, published online Oct. 7 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, assessed the predictive value of a leading…
Polymeric solar cells are made of thin layers of interpenetrating structures from two different conducting plastics and are increasingly popular because they…
Researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois have developed a way to harness the prodigious quantities of both genomic and…
A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that people who are made to think about time plan…
As the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,…
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