“Why are brands such as Cartier, Harley-Davidson, and Nike so well-liked by consumers? One of the reasons is that they have appealing personalities,” write…
The research groups' development of an inexpensive, readily available plastic solar cell technology hit a wall because of a chemical leeching problem within…
Electronic health record systems likely will soon become a fixture in medical settings. Advocates claim they will reduce health care costs and improve medical…
The study, a collaboration with researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, appears in the June issue of Nature Cell Biology.“Finding out how cells move…
“With the proliferation of consumer devices such as the iPhone, Wii, digital cameras, and various kinds of software applications, consumers face the challenge…
A new study in the journal Respirology reveals that patients with diabetes who are hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary…
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a trio of bacterial enzymes that can catalyze key steps…
“Imagine finding a free ticket to an outdoor concert after spending hours searching for it on the Internet,” write authors Robin L. Soster, Ashwani Monga, and…
“The paper demonstrates that cytochrome P450 plays an important role in the management of high blood pressure, a disease of enormous public health concern,”…
Scientists studying interactions between cell proteins – which enable the cells in our bodies to function – have shown that proteins communicate not by a…
“The goal of our study was to investigate the potential of diffuse optical tomography in the near infrared spectrum with ultrasound localization as a means of…
Two research teams at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI) found that before an animal model had any hearing experience, the brain’s elementary…
Deformation bands in the gravel layers of the Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin form as a result of heterogeneous displacement in the surrounding sediment. This is…
How local prostate cancer, that is, cancer that has not spread outside the prostate gland, should be treated is a controversial issue. In many cases such…
The present invention permits to produce biocoal by charging coal particles with minerals obtained from the processing fluid of biogas plants. The invention is…
For several years, Pasachoff, Babcock, and Souza have worked with James Elliot and Michael Person of MIT and Amanda Gulbis of the South African Astronomical…