With reports of heat waves increasing in frequency, intensity and duration worldwide, cities can use information on vulnerable at-risk populations to help…
Semiconductors have served as choice materials for many electronic and optical devices because of their physical properties. Commercial solar cells, computer…
When we smell an aroma or taste a flavor, we convert a chemical stimulus—adsorption of a particular molecule—into an information signal. Researchers are…
Daily rhythms in the biochemical or metabolic activity of cells have long been known across all biological kingdoms. They are governed by the oscillating…
Masanobu UchiyamaAssociate Chief ScientistAdvanced Elements Chemistry LaboratoryRIKEN Advanced Science InstituteChemistry supports our modern society both…
The research, conducted by Prof. Avraham Hochberg of the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the university, has won for him first prize among faculty…
Eight different types of large-scale genomic, proteomic, and functional genetic data have been combined in the largest reconstructions ever of networks in nine…
A three-month programme, comprising moderate aerobic and strengthening exercises, conducted for 50-60 minutes three times per week, proved not only to be safe…
Parent cells must be able to divide in ways that create daughter cells that are different from each other, a process called asymmetric division. Scientists…
BACKGROUND: Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the so-called “bad cholesterol” often linked to medical problems like heart disease and clogged arteries. Cells in…
Researchers in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester are developing a new way to make protein based drugs with potential…
Muscular atrophy is a debilitating process that results in an extensive loss of muscle mass and function, which greatly worsens quality of life. It occurs in…
Semiconductors have served as choice materials for many electronic and optical devices because of their physical properties. Commercial solar cells, computer…
Since 2000, 155 thousand square kilometres of rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon have been cut down for timber, burnt, or cleared for agricultural use. Forest…
If similar changes were to happen to the Earth's climate today as a result of global warming – as scientists believe is possible – this might lead to drier…
Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Johns Hopkins University have discovered that delivering a small molecule that is highly expressed in normal…
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