An important step in the reaction is the adsorption of CO on the surface of the catalyst. A team of scientists from the ESRF and the ETH in Zurich…
Today’s battery-operated wireless communication systems consume a lot of power at times when the radio does not have to transmit or receive data. This means…
The enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1), which normally facilitates production of the metabolite {alpha}-ketoglutarate, is mutated in approximately 80% of…
Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive…
The study found that people who ate a Mediterranean-like diet were less likely to have brain infarcts, or small areas of dead tissue linked to thinking…
In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have developed a novel method of interpreting data from single-cell images to identify genetic…
Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have tied the human aversion to losing money to a specific structure…
The rise of C4 grasses is not disputed. They dominate in hot, tropical climes and now make up to 20 percent of our planet's vegetational covering. Scientists…
The collaborative study, involving scientists from 12 UK research institutions, universities and conservation organisations, is the most comprehensive and…
“The burning of tobacco releases nicotine in the form of a vapor that adsorbs strongly onto indoor surfaces, such as walls, floors, carpeting, drapes and…
“This is the first clinical trial that has focused on what is perhaps the most disabling aspect of the disease,” said University of Rochester Medical Center…
Researchers at the University of Houston’s department of health and human performance are using an environmental chamber to investigate ways to identify risk…
That early fascination with the heavens led to a vital role in the study of the solar system for Economou, a Senior Scientist in the Enrico Fermi Institute….
In a paper published February 3 in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, Gillis shows that toads, like humans, are capable of anticipating when and how…
The project originated as an attempt to see whether various types of dietary fibre and health-promoting bacteria, so-called probiotic bacteria such as…
Results from the studies are published in the February 5, 2010 issue of The Lancet, available online at www.thelancet.com. The trials tested the safety and…
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