Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a small intracellular protein that helps cells commit suicide. The…
WCS and DWNP researchers estimate that there are 631 Asian elephants living in Taman Negara National Park – a 4,343 square kilometer (1,676 square mile)…
The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens…
That’s according to a study led by Matt Johnston and Tracey Holloway of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Jon…
Global temperatures during 2008 were influenced by a La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event. Global trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decadeDecember…
NGC 2818 is one of very few planetary nebulae in our galaxy located within an open cluster. Open clusters, in general, are loosely bound and they disperse over…
Working actively to intervene at an early stage in order to prevent alcohol problems and to thereby promote public health is of great importance, says Kristina…
A study performed by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that routine screening of the oxygen level in the blood of all newborns increases the…
This invention is developed for non contact treatment of surfaces of different materials to get more adhesive power between a material and a coating.Further…
These findings, which appear in the on-line early edition of journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may lead to a new, relatively…
You may never hear fruit flies snore, but rest assured that when you're asleep they are too. According to research published in the January 2009 issue of the…
This second-generation starter alternator reversible system (StARS) is intended to enable the European automotive industry to meet new EU emissions legislation…
Dr John Bond, Scientific Support Manager at Northamptonshire Police and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester Forensic Research Centre, is…
No children died at home with undiagnosed heart disease in the Western Götaland region during the study period, compared with five deaths in the home in the…
The official Opening Ceremony for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) began today. It is taking place at the United Nations Educational,…
Countries seeking to make massive changes in the way their economies are run, for example by privatising formerly state-run sectors, must take into account the…