According to the journal Science, the function of sleep is one of the 125 greatest unsolved mysteries in science. Theories range from brain “maintenance” —…
But researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that targeting of a novel gene utilizing genetic and pharmacologic strategies was successful in…
Stars more than eight times the mass of our Sun eventually collapse under their own weight, and may explode into spectacular supernovae. The temperatures and…
The electric and magnetic properties of solids are impossible to calculate exactly: The complex interactions of the many electrons which underly these…
The LSUHSC researchers are the first to demonstrate that miR-27b, a novel microRNA, not only inactivates the ST14 gene which they found suppresses the growth…
These days, however, complex industrial equipment is starting to look like NASCAR vehicles festooned with logos. Why does it matter? “When component brands…
“It opens up much richer phenomena to explore,” said Cheng Chin, an assistant professor in physics at the University. Chin’s team conducted the experiment as…
Targeted investments in climate science could lead to major benefits in reducing the costs of adapting to a changing climate, according to new research…
Toxoplasmosis is generally a mild infection, but it can have serious and potentially fatal effects in pregnant women, their fetuses and others with weakened…
What is most notable, the scientists say, is those areas of high conductivity coincide with subduction zones – where tectonic plates are being subducted…
An analysis of data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration, or LIGO, and the Virgo Collaboration has set the…
Porous media are ubiquitous.The sponge in the kitchen, the lung tissue, the human skin, all of them are porous. They are full of holes like a Swiss cheese and…
Germany's decentralised savings banks contribute to the stability of the financial market. At this conclusion arrives a current publication by the German…
An investigation by the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration has significantly…
Another MDE-SU study recently released suggests that bacteria are present in sediment and sand and may contribute to elevated bacteria levels in water.The…
The scientists offer the first concrete evidence that a protein called synaptotagmin plays a critical role in initiating fusion by bending a section of a…
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