“For microbes, it appears that almost all of their major evolution took place before we have any record of them, way back in the dark mists of prehistory,”…
For the study, researchers followed 32 pregnant women with MS and 29 pregnant women without MS during each trimester and up to a year after they gave birth….
Dr. Stanley Franklin and colleagues at the UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program in conjunction with researchers at the Framingham Heart Study reviewed…
Actin, a globular protein found in all eukaryotic cells, is a workhorse that varies remarkably little from baker's yeast to the human body. Part of the…
In order to switch off a gene, they interact with so called Argonaute proteins – the subsequent complex induces the shutdown or even degradation of the genetic…
How this can be done will be shown by scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering at the joint booth of the…
The Federal Minister for Education and Research, Dr Annette Schavan, inaugurated Neumayer Station III today at noontime. The new German research facility…
Atomic nuclei are normally compact structures defined by a sharp border. About twenty-five years ago, it was discovered at the University of California in…
The research, described this week in the journal Science and led by Illinois physics professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Taekjip Ha,…
Ancestors of Volvox algae made the transition from being a single-celled organism to becoming a multicellular colony at least 200 million years ago, during the…
Data revealed that the closer corals and marine life were to unexploded bombs from the World War II vessel and the surrounding target range, the higher the…
The researchers made the discovery using a new technique for decoding data from functional magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI. The findings are a significant…
“The fact that the defective genes code for metabolic enzymes found only in malignant glioma, and not in normal tissue, could make the gene products…
Patients with reduced kidney function require lower doses of the anticoagulant drug warfarin, and may need closer monitoring to avoid serious bleeding…
“We have identified that the extensive pollution haze emanating from Asia may be re-shaping rainfall patterns in northern Australia but we wonder what impact…
Understanding the mechanisms by which the brain functions is one of the most complex challenges in science. One important aspect is the electrical conduction…
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