A drug used to improve blood flow to the brain also could help improve learning and memory and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study…
The study finds that cellulosic ethanol has fewer negative effects on human health because it emits smaller amounts of fine particulate matter, an especially…
Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells, penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared…
Roughly one in five adults in northern Europe is believed to suffer from contact allergy to one or more chemicals. The most common is nickel allergy, but many…
The study shows that those patients who complained of nightmares during the week following the suicide attempt were three times more likely to attempt to take…
The awards include a UK-Indian research project which aims to deliver sustainable decentralised bioenergy for both the developed and developing world.The…
According to the study, in Europe days of extreme cold are decreasing and days of extreme heat increasing. From 0.5ºC to 1ºC in the average minimum…
In urban areas diesel vehicles are causing air pollution (from carbon particles, nitrogen oxides (NOX)) and unburned hydrocarbons). As the European legislation…
Eric Ward from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, USA, coordinated a team of researchers who studied killer whales inhabiting the inland and…
A recent study based on an extensive data set demonstrates that Calar Alto summit occupies one of the world leading places among the darkest astronomical…
An international research team found that a more than two million year-old early human ingested large nuts and seeds that may have been “foods of last resort”….
In the first study to examine the effect of different types of care for infant chimpanzees on cognition, researchers found chimpanzees who were given extra…
Google announced today a vast expansion of its popular Google Earth application to include seabed maps and underwater imagery. The launch event was held at…
Karin, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Pathology and member of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, and his team used genetic tools to demonstrate in…
A transcription factor known to drive the formation of fibroblasts during development also promotes their ability to invade and remodel surrounding tissues,…
Parkinson's disease is a disabling and sometimes fatal disease that afflicts 1.5 million Americans, with about 60,000 new cases annually. Its major symptoms,…