For the first time, researchers are able to look at the need for every gene in a bacterial cell in a single experiment. The new method will transform the study…
After finishing the IRRIIS research project, the Fraunhofer IAIS can present new results to reduce the susceptance to failure of critical infrastructures…
The prize includes €10,000 and a four-week research visit to a German university. The DAAD's president, Professor Stefan Hormuth, will hand over the prize in…
The European researchers studied a possible solution to a crucial problem affecting future human missions to Mars: how to ensure reliable radio communication…
The new structures are being developed by scientists from the University of Bristol, using proteins from alpha helices – one of the fundamental ways that…
In total, the bird flies more than 9,500 kilometres across the African continent from the Balearic and Columbretes Islands before reaching the island of…
Because of its scientific significance and social impact, the project is reported in Volume 54, Issue 17 (September, 2009) of the Chinese Science Bulletin…
The combination of modules of EMB’s micro reaction system creates a reaction plant performing chemical synthesis to develop solutions for the chemical,…
Rice Today’s October-December 2009 edition focuses on climate change and its potential impact on rice. It reveals that it is difficult to prove climate change…
Thousands of seeds from nearly 25,000 native plant species have been collected and frozen down at locations that include Kew and the Lady Bird Johnson…
An international research team has demonstrated that treating HIV-AIDS with interleukin-2 (IL-2) is ineffective. As a result, the researchers recommend that…
A study published in the October issue of Nature Genetics demonstrates that loss of the tumor-suppressor protein p53, coupled with elimination of the…
Phytoplankton provide the basis for the whole marine food chain. These microscopic organisms are common in coastal areas, all the way from the polar regions to…
“These children have a disorder that can make it difficult to express how they feel, but it must be unpleasant to have cold hands and feet,” says…
The technique entails preparing samples in a new way and is a development of applied mass spectrometry. Presented in the latest issue of renowned journal…
Boron nitride is an extremely useful material for applications in material sciences and appears in an manifold of crystalline modifications, with hexagonal and…