As these types of lasers become more efficient, they could be used in next-generation laser-based defense systems to fool incoming missile attacks or detect…
A better prognosis would considerably improve the quality of life of patients since the treatment could be made more effective and thereby result in fewer side…
Neither, it turns out. The virus’s breeding grounds are in Asia, a crew of virus-hunters has found, and it then teems out to take over the world anew each…
The study included 27 patients who had increased levels of prostate specific antigen after being treated with high-intensity focused ultrasonic (HIFU)…
The findings, reported online in the journal Immunology, involve an enzyme that “edits” and modifies the messages of genes before the protein-making process….
Using new charge coupled device (CCD) instrumentation, Case Western Reserve University astronomers can now view the night sky wider and deeper than before.While the vast reaches of intergalactic space may appear dark and empty, a new camera installed on the university's Burrell Schmidt telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., will bring into clear view the faint sea of orphan stars strewn throughout the nearby Virgo cluster of galaxies….
Australian Department of Defence is currently culling hundreds of kangaroos on the outskirts of the capital Canberra that have produced heated discussions and…
The study, carried out by engineers from the University of Leeds, examined the combustion behaviour of crops grown specifically for energy creation when put…
– They have prepared a wide database on atmospheric aerosol’s vertical structure and its temporal development, essential to carry out a climatologic study of…
Coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, the VELOX consortium gathers nine different partners that include top research and system integration…
These are the questions the TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity – project is seeking to answer. The pilot study led by Pavan Sukhdev, who is…
In its latest round of awards, which brings the number of university research fellowships supported by the charity to 16, HOPE selected three projects that…
In order to understand the interactions between environmental change, climate change and species loss better, it is necessary to study the role of biodiversity…
The results of their in-depth study, conducted by the Standards Committee of the international Society for Sexual Medicine, have just been published online by…
Research on ocean acidification is a newly emerging field and was one of the major topics at this year's European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly held…
The results, published online on the Nature biotechnology (1) website, show that only a few genes are responsible for the fungus's enzymatic activity. They…