Despite federal laws that require a state emergency operations plan (EOP) as a prerequisite to some federal funding, 22 states were unable to provide Botan…
A research article to be published on October 14, 2008 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. In this research, by using the…
It can recognize and respond to a component found in the cell wall of bacteria, muramyl dipeptide (MDP), and has been shown to play an important role in the…
UNSW's ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve…
Their research will be published in the Nov. 7 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. By studying a multi-generation family with clubfoot, the…
New research continues to link tart cherries, one of today's hottest “Super Fruits,” to lowering risk factors for heart disease. In addition to lowering…
Amoebas glide toward their prey with the help of a protein switch that controls a molecular compass, biologists at the University of California, San Diego have…
The genetic distance is especially notable between Eastern and Western Finland. The study is published in the science journal PLoS One and is important for the…
Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now an international team of…
Some of the first data collected by the CoRoT space telescope mission, launched in December 2006, provides valuable information about the physical vibrations…
Blanca I. Restrepo, Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology; and Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, M.D., professor of epidemiology; and Joseph B. McCormick, M.D.,…
That such stress during a mother’s pregnancy can cause developmental and emotional problems for offspring has long been observed by behavioral and biological…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease. Once ALS develops, the motor neurons that control the movement of muscles gradually start to die…
Earlier excavations there, carried out under the direction of Prof. Naama Goren-Inbar of the Institute of Archaeology, showed that the occupants of the site –…
Bohlmann, an associate professor of marketing at NC State, explains that there are basically two types of shoppers: “switchers” and “loyals.” Switchers compare…
The projects, ranging from a heat-free heat treatment for industrial steels to less expensive better welds for large oil and gas pipelines, will bring $7.5…
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