Blocking the molecules' function spurs the normally resting cells to begin proliferating strangely – making too much of one kind of cell and not enough of…
A brain imaging study carried out at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals abnormalities in the cortex – the outer surface of the brain – of cocaine…
New research suggests that the plateau edge might have been preserved for thousands of years by ice during glacial advances and by glacial debris deposited at…
One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale — the realm…
Although the biological diversity of these deep biosphere microorganisms may surpass that of the more familiar surface biosphere, much about them is still…
Using a general model of desertification, researchers from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid…
The OLED technology is the first real area light source technology in history. It overcomes traditional restrictions by point source lighting technologies…
A study published in the latest issue of Environmental Geology now confirms that the major source of contamination in the upper part of the aquifer is of…
The findings by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK and Penn State University and the University of Arkansas in the US, will be…
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have generated a digital zebrafish embryo – the first complete developmental blueprint of a…
The research is published in today's online issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 2000…
The study, which appears in the October 2008 issue of the journal Western North American Naturalist, says that through dam building, beavers create ponds and…
Thanks to efforts by scientists in a Virginia Tech-led program, the papaya mealybug — an emerging threat from India to Indonesia — is being identified and…
Reuse of agricultural drainage water (DW) for irrigation is one of the few on-farm water management options available to growers on the west side of…
For many years, conventional wisdom held that tropical plant and animal species remained unaffected by global warming. However, an article co-authored by…
Contrary to textbook wisdom, the unusually long illuminating wavelength of 118 µm did not at all preclude researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute of…