In findings that may speed the search for disease-causing genes, a new study challenges the prevailing view that common diseases are usually caused by common…
Nanotech Center scientists have used the red dye made from pokeberries to coat their efficient and inexpensive fiber-based solar cells. The dye acts as an…
Although human behavior is frequently cited as a factor that influences disease emergence events, most behavioral research has focused on the pathogen, the…
Their results, reported at the American Academy of Neurology meeting, held earlier this month, indicated that: – The majority of MS patients and healthy…
As oxygen is necessary to support life in aquatic ecosystems, its measurement is essential for gauging the overall state of water bodies; in one of the study's…
Cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Smilek, of the University of Waterloo, studies how people pay attention — and don't. For this study, he was inspired by brain…
Scientists at Ohio State University are experimenting with different nanoparticles that they hope may one day be injected into the blood of patients and help…
That's the conclusion of an article published online today, along with a news article on the topic, in the American Chemical Society's semi-monthly journal…
Siemens Healthcare and Olympus Medical Systems Corporation are collaborating on the development of a technology for a magnetically guided capsule endoscope…
The tariffs were attached to the import of Chinese honey about two years ago because exporters there were “dumping” it in the U.S. – selling it at a much lower…
Now Hugo Luján, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute international research scholar, reports that Giardia's extensive wardrobe of surface proteins might actually…
Contrary to popular belief, aphids are not just sap-sucking, plant-destroying enemies of agriculture. In fact, these pests are genetic pioneers that evolved…
Instead, humans rely on several regions of the brain, each designed to accomplish different primitive tasks, in order to make sense of a sentence. Depending on…
Alexandre Schneider, Prelytis CEO, says, “In an era of social networks and cloud computing, we are seeing the emergence of collective business intelligence….
PARABELLUM® is a video security system for parked aircraft, which is fully DO 160-qualified. The system integrates the CAMHD® range of 1080 HD cameras, which…
Combine liquid crystals (mesogens) and metal clusters and you get clustomesogens—a new class of compounds, the first examples of which have now been produced…