A powerful computing tool that allows scientists to extract features and patterns from enormously large and complex sets of raw data has been developed by…
An international team of researchers from Canadian Blood Services, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), and Lund University in Sweden have…
In the 13th January print edition of the journal Current Biology, IGC researchers provide insight into an old mystery in cell biology, and offer up new clues…
Research into the attitudes of one of Europe's fastest-growing communities – the second generation of migrants – exposes the complexity of the challenges ahead…
A team of researchers from the University of León (UL) and the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) were able to carry out an inventory of vineyards in…
Researchers found girls being directly victimised by bullies (being beaten and suffering physical or verbal threats) at six years old were significantly more…
However, the training of surgeons in this field still leaves much to be desired. Researcher Magdalena Chmarra has changed this state of affairs by developing a…
Lymphatic tissue associated with the intestine is important for the early accumulation of prion protein and its subsequent spread to the central nervous…
Using population data, plot-scale vegetation analyses and satellite imagery, the ecologists from from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), the University…
In his book, Wonderful World, Stephen Jay Gould writes about an experiment of ‘replaying life’s tape’, wherein one could go back in time, let the tape of life…
Variations in a single gene simultaneously increase the risk of two autoimmune conditions Japanese researchers have identified two single nucleotide…
Early in development, embryos transition from being simple spheres of cells into more structured forms in which the foundations of body patterning—such as…
Little more than a system of two energy levels could be used to control a single particle of light Modern electronics is built upon the control of electric…
A receptor on macrophages can detect excessive cell death and recruit helpA receptor, induced on the surface of macrophages under stressful conditions, can…
The project NANOMMUNE is coordinated by Bengt Fadeel, M.D, Ph.D., at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, and will continue for 3 years. The…
Northeastern will lead the five-year VOTERS (Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors) project along with a range of government, industry, and…