The rapid generation of large numbers of these immune cells is critical to the body's antibody defense mechanism. However, when B cells grow unchecked, it can…
Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector in global food production. It currently contributes 50% of all seafood available for human consumption worldwide. …
Although the structure of regular ice is well known at the macroscale, its structures are much more mysterious and less well understood at the nanoscale -…
Researchers funded by the Canadian Cancer Society have discovered eight similar genes that, when mutated, appear to be responsible for medulloblastoma – the…
Making sense of others in a social interaction is not easy—each new person we meet may be a source of ambiguous and complex information. However, when…
Frontal lobe dementia (Frontotemporal Dementia, FTD) strikes people at an earlier age. After Alzheimer's disease, FTD is the form of dementia that occurs most…
Data centers, central to the nation's cyberinfrastructure, house computing, networking and storage equipment. Each time you make an ATM withdrawal, search the…
To slow global warming, scientists are exploring ways to pull carbon dioxide from the air and safely lock it away. Trees already do this naturally through…
A freak wave at sea is a terrifying sight. Seven stories tall, wildly unpredictable, and incredibly destructive, such waves have been known to emerge from calm…
Although people 50 or older in the study metabolized alcohol similar to how younger people did, they performed worse on special tests after having moderate…
Six of these species may represent entirely new genera, a remarkable feat given the broad classification a genus represents. A genus is a major category in the…
Aging is a complex phenomenon and the mechanisms underlying aging are yet to be explained. What researchers do know is that there is a clear relationship…
Each year the European Society of Radiology (ESR) honors one of the companies exhibiting at the Congress with this award in recognition of its special…
The Dalhousie-Headquartered Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) has reached a major milestone with the deployment of its first international tracking line.Draped off…
As an efficient, inexpensive, low-tech way to treat water, Dr. James Amburgey’s research could bring clean, safe drinking water to potentially millions upon…
Katherine Knierim, a graduate student at the University of Arkansas, together with Phil Hays of the geosciences department and the U.S. Geological Survey and…
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