The European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus, Linneaus 1875) is a coastal pelagic species of great importance. Not only does it support an important fishing…
The human brain consists of a hundred billion nerve cells, each of which makes thousands of connections with other cells. In all of this, how do nerve fibers…
They have identified how the killer bacterium makes itself immune to a key component of the only effective treatment against the disease.Earlier this month, a…
According to the communication theory, only a limited amount of data can be transmitted within a given bandwidth for wireless communication. Ever since these…
Scientists hope that understanding the mechanisms which determine the diversity and productivity of ecosystems will help ecologists and conservationists to…
New WinCC objects for operable elements, which have been adapted to the Windows Vista design, provide the plant personnel with optical responses about possible…
Affected individuals alternate between states of deep depression and mania. While depression is characterized by persistent and long-term sadness or despair,…
Now researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are studying an unusually pliant yet strong synthetic cartilage…
Their finding, published in the March 11 issue of the journal Developmental Cell, is important because it allows scientists to control this one aspect of…
The results of the study appear in the March 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. “The results of this study send a strong signal to…
The structure offers insight into the molecular “sugar-coating” mechanism, and may help scientists better understand a variety of diseases that result when the…
The number of amphibians drastically decreases in forest areas that are clearcut, according to previous studies. A University of Missouri researcher, however,…
Management Insights, a regular feature of the journal, is a digest of important research in business, management, operations research, and management science….
More efficient cooling improves performance and reduces the need for costly overhauls, said William Anderson, an associate professor in Purdue's School of…
Results of these studies appear in the March 11, 2008 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.These studies, led by Brian Kaspar, PhD, a…
Previous estimates, including those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, say the region that includes China will see a 2.5 to 5 percent…