Only if scientists of all disciplines work together and share information – databases, biological samples and new perspectives – will the research community be…
“It's not good enough just to have a plan, you have to test it. You have to know how well it will work in an emergency,” says Dick Zoutman, Queen's professor…
The nanoparticles are part of a new family of materials being created in the laboratory of SUNY Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch Professor of Advanced…
Electronic cigarettes should be evaluated, regulated, labeled and packaged in a manner consistent with cartridge content and product effect – even if that…
The work also provides a new approach to tracking mercury's movement through Arctic ecosystems.Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 2000 tons of…
New research published today, Thursday 11 February, in New Journal of Physics (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society), shows that…
Modern bio-sensors for medical and environmental applications are required to be highly sensitive and selective as well as small and easy to deploy. The…
During photosynthesis, plants tend to produce more nutrients than they actually need. They store the surplus in various places, including their vacuoles. These…
International Students can get detailed information about study and research opportunities in Germany on a new website now: recently the DAAD expanded its…
You stop at a shop window and wonder why someone inside is blatantly staring at you — until you realize this person is you. Scenarios like this are impossible…
Their position follows an eight-year study, which found that the use of feeding tubes varies widely. Among their major findings: At 25 percent of the nation's…
The race has been run almost every year since 1932, and in 1976 almost 150 participants were invited to take part in a long-term study designed to discover the…
As if there are not enough reasons for obese people to lose weight, a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal, adds several more. In a study…
Researchers have teased out the molecular process that can shut down a marauding, often deadly immune response that kills thousands each year who suffer…
Hessian fly larvae midguts – similar to human intestines – were observed in three different feeding situations. Larvae on susceptible plants had normal midgut…
The FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award, now in its third year, recognizes and rewards the exceptional achievements of a female researcher in molecular biology…