The system works well, and millions rely on it every day, but what tells the GPS satellites where they are in the first place? “For GPS to work, the orbital…
In all its forms, scleroderma gives Dartmouth geneticist Michael Whitfield, his graduate students, and his postdoctoral researchers a sense of urgency in their…
As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for…
A red-haired Duroc pig from a farm at the University of Illinois will now be among the growing list of domesticated animals that have had their genomes…
Infrared emitters transfer heat without contactNew QRC® emitters with nano reflectors improve automated heating processesInfrared emitters from Heraeus…
New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Jairo Sinova, a Texas A&M University physics professor.Sinova and…
The Greater Noctule fossils found in the excavation site at Abríc Romaní (Barcelona) prove that this bat had a greater geographical presence more than 10,000…
One of the joys of riding a motorcycle is the freedom that comes with that form of travel. However the absence of physical barriers to protect riders puts…
Very tiny wires, called nanowires, made from such metals as silver and gold, may play a crucial role as electrical or mechanical switches in the development of…
The study, to be reported in the Oct. 30 issue of Science, expands economists' conventional focus on material riches, and looks at various kinds of wealth,…
Cellular phones – once a luxury used strictly for talking – have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old…
Since the completion of the human genome sequence, a question has baffled researchers studying gene control: How is it that humans, being far more complex than…
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who engage in regular Tai…
Low levels of vitamin D may account for nearly 60 percent of the elevated risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in African Americans, according to a report in…
Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species — a shrew and a…
Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first…
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