Infections with plant pathogens belonging to the class of Peronosporales (Oomycetes) – a prominent example is Phytophthora infestans – can lead to complete…
Elevated plasma levels of ADMA are described for a number of diseases as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, renal insufficiency or diabetes mellitus. The…
This new guide for astronomers, known as the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL) shows the Milky Way in submillimetre-wavelength light…
There are of course neither satellite images nor instrumental records of the climate all the way back to the 13th century, but nature has its own 'archive' of…
The results of the Phase II trial are published today in Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association. “It shows a strong trend in preserving…
The condition occurs when a hip joint is shallow, unstable or when the joint is dislocated. Infants with the condition are often at risk of developing…
Now MIT researchers have found novel C. elegans neurochemical receptors, the discovery of which could lead to new therapeutic targets for psychiatric disorders…
El Niño years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Niño may be changing potentially…
But it turns out that remarkable ability isn't so mysterious after all — suggesting that researchers could learn how to replicate it in people.Scientists had…
The unexpected finding may lead to new anticancer therapies and a greater understanding of how adult and embryonic stem cells divide and specialize.”Telomerase…
A common stereotype about older people is that loneliness is typical for older women, rather than for older men. One problem with this stereotype is that…
In the project “Quality and safety in European Union hospitals: A research-based guide for im¬plementing best practice and a framework for assessing…
The aim of the project is to develop new types of enzymes in order to make the best possible use of certain complex sugar molecules in the food industry and…
Yesterday (2 July 2009) the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) – the American mission which left Cape Canaveral on 18 June 2009 with the aim of preparing a…
They have taken part in a developmental project together with students in six other European countries designed to strengthen the common European perspective.In European countries, national curricula are written for the schools, unique to each country, where issues involving knowledge, various values, and fostering of citizens are placed in a national perspective. …
This has been a puzzle to climate scientists because leading models have indicated that over the past 24 million years geological conditions should have caused…