If both eyes are open during mammalian development, pyramidal neurons in the visual cortex mature such that they ‘preferentially’ fire in response to the…
If you're into the outdoors, montain climbing hiking, etc, you'll often find yourslef having to carry extra bags to bring in all the basic items , esp the…
Vincent Chevrier, assistant research professor in the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, conducted preliminary studies in a planetary…
But new work on Sandia National Laboratories’ Red Storm supercomputer — the 17th fastest in the world — is helping to make supercomputers more accessible, in…
The book was written by an international team of contributors and published by London-based Woodhead Publishing in October 2009. It serves as a guide to new…
The researchers studied the behavior of the algal cell Karlodinium veneficum, known as a dinoflagellate and found in estuaries worldwide. Each year millions of…
Throughout adulthood, stem cells work to replace mature cells lost to turnover, injury or disease. Some of the genes responsible for keeping stem cells active…
Described today in the journal Nature Methods, the new micro-western arrays combine the specificity of the popular “Western blot” protein assay with the large…
For the past 10 years, the Weizmann Institute has been operating a research station in the semi-arid Yatir Forest, a pine forest at the edge of the Negev…
'We're becoming more and more individualistic, and this shows in what we choose to watch on TV,' says Jakob Bjur from the Department of Journalism, Media and…
The study conducted at the Department of Zoology, University of Gothenburg, shows how Swedes feel about protective hunting of animals that may cause various…
Evelina Wahlqvist, researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, challenges the traditional view that art should be subsidised and cannot be expected to…
Approximately half of the world's population are infected with Helicobacter pylori, found primarily in the stomach. The majority never show any symptoms, but…
During the summer of 2008, the American ornithologist Robert J Timmins was commissioned by the American aid organisation USAID to compile an inventory of bird…
“People with long-term back pain often protect themselves by unconsciously limiting their movements,” says physiotherapist Christina Schön-Ohlsson. “Such…
Alpha-oxyfunctionalized carbonyl compounds are indispensable building blocks for asymmetric synthesis of pharmaceutical ingredients and high value chemical…
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