Ask anyone who suffers from migraine headaches what they do when they're having an attack, and you're likely to hear “go into a dark room.” And although it's…
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that impact almost every aspect of biology. In recent years, they have been strongly implicated in stem cell biology,…
Such drugs would work by restoring the activity of a mutated enzyme, rather than taking the more common approach of blocking the actions of a disease-related…
For the first time, physicists have convincingly demonstrated that physically separated particles in solid-state devices can be quantum-mechanically entangled….
Scientists know relatively little about medulloblastomas or why some cases respond better to treatments than others.The new research, published today in…
In an important first for a promising new technology, scientists have used a quantum computer to calculate the precise energy of molecular hydrogen. This…
To the gardening world it may have always been considered a fact, but science has never proved the widely held belief that watering your garden in the midday…
Studying a rare disorder known as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), researchers at Children's Hospital Boston add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that…
The findings, published Jan. 10, 2010 in the advance online edition of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, suggest the possibility of a treatment to…
The findings, a critical milestone in the understanding of AS, are published in the January issue of Nature Genetics, a journal that emphasizes research on the…
The so-called lymphoma, which are cancers of the immune system, originate in white blood cells. Pathological B cells, for instance, are responsible for the…
The purpose of the grants is to enable young scientists from developing countries to study at the doctoral level at the University in 2010 and to support…
In recent years, high-profile product recalls have underscored a growing problem for U.S. manufacturers with global supply chains. The results can be lethal…
Bullfrog Power’s electricity comes exclusively from wind and hydro facilities that have been certified as low impact by Environment Canada under its EcoLogoM…
The international study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), found that the repeated opening and closing of the narrow…
Physical processes affect almost every aspect of our lives, yet physicists still grapple with understanding and modeling the behavior of many such…