Cells are not static. They can transform themselves over time — but change can have dangerous implications. Benign cells, for example, can suddenly change into…
A study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, shows that when it comes to…
In the study, Graham George and colleagues note that mercury-based fillings, also called amalgams, have been used by dentists to repair teeth for well-over a…
Achieving full deployment of these efficiency technologies will depend in part on pressures driving adoption, such as high energy prices or public policies…
When cells experience DNA damage, they'll try to repair it. But if that fails, the damaged cells are supposed to self-destruct, a process called apoptosis. A…
Carnegie Mellon University scientists Timothy Keller and Marcel Just have uncovered the first evidence that intensive instruction to improve reading skills in…
Now, for the first time, a scientific team has collected information on the conditions of castration on European pigs. The main conclusion of the study, that…
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh found that the drug – R-Roscovitine – helps to kill certain immune cells which can exacerbate symptoms associated…
Deforestation in tropical rain forests could have an even greater impact on climate change than has previously been thought. The combined biomass of a large…
For many skiers and snowboarders, there is nothing quite like being the first to make tracks in the virgin snow, off the regular piste. But this can be a…
Squealing tires and the crunch of impact – when an accident occurs, the steel sheets that form a motor vehicle’s bodywork must provide adequate impact…
The system involves monitoring based on optic fibre sensors that enable the visualisation of the real time temperature of elements making up the heat…
Next time you spy the Big Dipper, keep in mind that there is another star, invisible to the unaided eye, contributing to this constellation. According to a new…
The phase I/II study to establish safety of the procedure, published December 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine, describes 10 patients with severe…
Researchers at the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute at Children's Hospital Boston (PCMM/IDI) have found a link…
A quasicrystal is a solid whose components exhibit long-range order, but without a single pattern or a unit cell that repeats. A paper on the findings appears…
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