A new study by an international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in…
Prairie lakes that expand greatly in area during wet cycles are more likely to have elevated mercury levels soon after, South Dakota State University research…
Biologists know that when plants battle for space, often the actual battle is for getting the nitrogen.Now, research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln…
Even where the sea ice cover persists despite climate change in the region, a vast portion of the remaining ice layer has become thinner than it used to be,…
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Heidelberg, Germany, have come a step closer to understanding how…
Carotenoids are very common pigments in nature. They are commercially used due to their own color and antioxidant properties. A technology is offered which…
The patent contains a gas-steam–power station, in which the solar thermal is fed into the gas turbine circuit and also connected to the water-steam circuit….
From the motion sensor to the computer chip – in many products of daily life components are used whose functioning is based on smallest structures of the size…
Nitroxyl, a cousin to the blood-vessel relaxing compound nitric oxide, has been shown in studies to strengthen canine heart beats, but research into its…
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the main artery leading away from the heart (the aorta) that occurs below the kidneys (in the abdomen). If such a…
The methods that are currently used to stimulate nerve signals in the nervous system are based on electrical stimulation. Examples of this are cochlear…
The efforts to identify the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), found under the cathedral in Frombork, was made in a collaborative project between…
Even though the operation is now being offered to ever older and sicker patients, the long-term survival of those who have had the operation has improved over…
However, the most important predictor of health among men is their ability to manage the demands of their working life.Having energy left over for domestic…
Learning complex skills like playing an instrument requires a sequence of movements that can take years to master. Last year, MIT neuroscientists reported that…
Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University…
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