The BUSM researchers studied 819 patients with hypertension. Adherence was assessed using electronic bottle caps that record all bottle openings and provide a…
A team of physicists from Canada, France and the United Kingdom have recreated this “washboard” phenomenon in the lab with surprising results: ripples appear…
The findings, obtained using an optical technique that can detect features as small as 20 nanometers, validate the “field effect,” a biological phenomenon in…
These stem cells have the capacity to generate all types of body tissue. The culture conditions alone were the crucial factor behind the success of the…
Xiaoqi Liu, an assistant professor of biochemistry, found that an overabundance of the polo-like kinase 1, or Plk1, molecule during cell growth, as well as a…
A long-term environmental research project being conducted at the University of Houston may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on…
Researchers compared cognitive performance in over 4,150 adults with and without COPD and found that individuals with severe COPD had significantly lower…
The article, “Acoustic effects accurately predict an extreme case of biological morphology,” by Z. Zhang, R. Müller, and S.N. Truong, details the adult…
The methods that are currently used to stimulate nerve signals in the nervous system are based on electrical stimulation. Examples of this are cochlear…
Tiny plant-like organisms called phytoplankton dominate biological production in the sunlit surface waters of the world's oceans and, through the process of…
The two oils compared were safflower oil, a common cooking oil, and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a compound naturally found in some meat and dairy products…
The Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is a dazzling stellar nursery located about 5500 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius…
A group of researchers from the Department of Physics at UAB have designed a device, called a dc metamaterial, which makes objects invisible under certain…
How can retailers satisfy consumers’ expectations in a post-recession environment and still make money? Butler University Marketing Lecturer Kate King says…
Dr. Esther Guzm¨¢n, assistant research professor at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, has received a $375,000 grant from…
After studying a million years of forest evolution on Southeast Asian islands, a Texas Tech University plant biologist said human deforestation and future…
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