Dr. Manuel Quirós Asensio works at the Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (Science Institute of Vine and Wine) in Logroño, SpainWhat three words would…
We take our blood for granted, but its creation requires a complicated series of steps, starting with the formation of blood stem cells during early embryonic…
A team of scientists from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the University of Montreal have identified vitamin B3 as a potential…
In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have documented a…
Studies led by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) molecular biologist Daniel H. Hwang are providing some of the missing details. Certain kinds of inflammation…
Scientists say the finding, appearing early online in the journal Cancer, supports routine, early prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening among healthy men…
Using a combined approach of structural and molecular biology, a team of researchers led by Ming-Ming Zhou, PhD, Professor and Chair, Structural and Chemical…
In a study published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NC State’s Dr. Ed Vargo and colleagues from Japan and Switzerland…
The research illustrates what may perhaps become an effective targeted epigenetic therapy in breast cancer. Interestingly, the targeted treatment showed…
The discovery by URI professors Geoffrey Bothun and Arijit Bose and graduate student Yanjing Chen was published in the June issue of ACS Nano.According to…
“It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, ‘Wait — that actually sounds cool,' ” said Longrich, a postdoctoral associate…
Children and adolescents who lack social problem-solving skills are more at risk of becoming bullies, victims or both than those who don't have these…
A Science article published on July 9, 2010, describes the discovery of an alternative form of evolution that helps Drosophila flies conquer nematodes that…
Sumatra experiences frequent seismic activity because it is located near the boundary of two of Earth's tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur at 'subduction…
A study in the July 9, 2010, issue of Science identifies changes in oceanic circulation that followed past glacial retreat. The article, titled, “Deep Water…
A specific and remarkably small fragment of RNA appears to protect rats against cocaine addiction – and may also protect humans, according to a recent study…