An international team of scientists from the Czech Republic, Germany and Japan have developed a new method for improving the properties of enzymes.The method…
Biomedical researchers suspect graphene, a novel nanomaterial made of sheets of single carbon atoms, would be useful in a variety of applications. But no one…
While most women experience minor pain during menstruation, for others, the pain can be severe enough to interfere with everyday activities and require…
Bone is continually recycled to maintain its strength through the competing action of osteoclasts, cells that break down aging bone, and osteoblasts, which…
Stock graphs are everywhere, available on financial and public websites to be loaded and customized by users. Authors Priya Raghubir (New York University) and…
“Obesity is obviously a tremendous public health concern,” write authors Brent McFerran, Darren W. Dahl (both University of British Columbia), Gavan J….
The technology, developed in part by Duke biomedical engineers, uses spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) to create a 3-D picture of the back…
“At present, the very best therapies we have for Parkinson's can only mask the symptoms – they do not alter the underlying disease,” said neurologist Dr. Katie…
The aim of the study, “Drug-Eluting Stents for the Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion: A Comparison with Sirolimus (SES), Paclitaxel (PES), Zotarolimus…
At trade shows in Nuremberg and Hanover in the fall of 2008 and in spring 2009, almost 150 up-and-coming young journalists from school newspapers and campus…
The Asian Semantic Web Conference is the yearly conference on theoretical foundations, technological building blocks and practical applications of semantic…
These results and other young driver issues will be discussed today at the launch of the Young Driver Factbase – www.youngdriverfactbase.com – a new online…
TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare today announced the start of a clinical trial for a drug designed to combat adrenocortical carcinoma…
Researchers would like to develop lithium-ion batteries using titanium dioxide, an inexpensive material.But titanium dioxide on its own doesn't perform well…
New species are not just discovered in exotic locales—even places as urban as California still yield discoveries of new plants and animals.Academy scientists…
Results from the RES-ELUTION I Trial on the safety and effectiveness of a new sirolimus-eluting stent in the treatment of coronary artery disease (a single…