A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. As described in the latest issue of…
The explosive growth of genomic and proteomic data has ushered in a new era of molecular medicine in which cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment are…
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University and Andrews University analyzed survey data from over 500 adults…
Cancer remains a deadly threat despite the best efforts of science. New hopes were raised a few years ago with the discovery that the uncontrolled growth of…
When Planet Earth was just cooling down from its fiery creation, the sun was faint and young. So faint that it should not have been able to keep the oceans of…
Julie Bower, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues,…
The new vaccine is unique in its origin — it was “manufactured” in a tobacco plant using an engineered plant virus. Researchers are enlisting plants in the…
Polyphenols are a major reason why fruits and vegetables — and foods like chocolate, wine, coffee, and tea — have become renowned for their potential role in…
That's the conclusion of a report on the “urban metabolism” model of megacities presented here today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical…
University of California, San Diego computer scientists have created software that they hope will lead to data centers that logically function as single,…
Why is it that you can instantly recall your own phone number but have to struggle with your mental Rolodex to remember a new number you heard a few moments…
Two nanoscale devices recently reported by University of Pittsburgh researchers in two separate journals harness the potential of carbon nanomaterials to…
“I’m not sure we’ve got anybody at the poles at the moment,” says Michael Coates, committee chairman and Professor in Organismal Biology & Anatomy. But…
The new spout will increase sap yields by 50 to 90 percent per tree.The announcement was made at Progressive Plastics in Williamstown, Vt., which began…
The results of the study, which assess the relationship between streamside vegetation and migratory songbirds, are being used by the United States Department…
The remarkable ability of fish to maneuver in tight places, or to hover in one area efficiently, or to accelerate in a seemingly effortless fashion has…