Three patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center were among the first in the United States to be implanted with a…
Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in…
Scientists at the University of Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley have taken a step forward on that route by developing small molecules…
The researchers found that stirring up the bed bugs by spraying their environment with synthetic versions of their alarm pheromones makes them more likely to…
RELEVANCE Prior research has indicated that white blood cells produce hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria, but never before has it been know to act as a kind of…
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated entanglement—a phenomenon peculiar to the atomic-scale quantum…
In his dissertation, Johan Martinsson demonstrates that the support of voters for a government in power in times of economic changes is affected by more…
The malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum is a parasite consisting of a single cell. It is transmitted to humans by the bite of an Anopheles mosquito. In the…
The patients who are most fatigued are those who perceive the infarction as a sign of chronic illness, those who experience the illness as difficult to…
The colours of plants have fascinated mankind for thousands of years. The colour of a plant not only tells what kind of plant it is, colours are also linked to…
“Our research shows that undercapitalization is not a death sentence for start-up ventures,” says Dr. David Townsend, an assistant professor of management,…
Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells – cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing…
Medicinal implants have become widely used in modern
dentistry. While significant progress has been made to
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Pandinus imperator, the emperor scorpion, is not only popular as a pet, but is also of interest for research purposes. The reason for this is its blue blood,…
Smoking, obesity and diabetes were also associated with a 20% greater risk of developing bowel cancer – the same risk linked with consuming high intakes of red…
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers account for approximately one in four cancer deaths. While high cure rates can be achieved with early-stage detection for each…