Molecular signal pathways that stimulate the division of stem cells are generally the same as those active in tumour growth. This limits the possibility of…
Marine biologist Fleur Van Duyl from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is fascinated by the energy budgets that support coral reefs in this…
The study, by researchers at the University of Michigan, appears in the November/December 2009 issue of the journal Child Development.The researchers carried…
When Charles Darwin visited the Falkland Islands during the voyage of the Beagle in 1835, he saw a wolf-like species, wrote about it in his diaries and…
The project, funded by the U.S. Air Force Multi University Research Initiative (MURI), seeks to test the performance of the new nanocomposites in orbit. Space…
The relationship between circadian and metabolic systems the researchers describe could have important implications for understanding the higher incidence of…
Now published in SCIENCE, this method represents a key building block in the development of organic semiconductor elements. Supported by the Austrian Science…
Anchored to an algae-covered rock in a 120-gallon tank at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium, a cluster of inky-colored cuttlefish eggs is…
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a…
The valley was created by glaciers and over time filled with loose rock gradually disappearing from the landscape. There had already been extensive underground…
The lipid that accumulates in brain cells of individuals with an inherited enzyme disorder also drives the cell death that is a hallmark of the disease,…
An innovative method is being used to repair the breastbone after it is intentionally broken to provide access to the heart during open-heart surgery. The…
A new study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that breast cancer patients under 40 years old who undergo…
Although recent advances have raised hopes that a protective vaccine can be developed, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a major public health…
Since 1990, scientists and mission controllers at ESA and NASA have noticed that their spacecraft sometimes experience a strange variation in the amount of…
Practical experience to date shows that many patients feel more comfortable and are more relaxed when the examination roomor the diagnostic device is flooded…
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