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Life & Chemistry

'Telepathic' genes recognize similarities in each other

This new study shows that genes – which are parts of double-stranded DNA with a double-helix structure containing a pattern of chemical bases – can recognise…

Information Technology

Ultrafast Home Networks: Innovations in Optical Fibre Signals

His research analyses the MGDM technique (Mode Group Diversity Multiplexing) of the Eindhoven University of Technology. This technique transmits each TV,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Philips patents TU Eindhoven's energy return system

Dutch-sponsored researcher Haimin Tao examined how this externally generated energy can be better stored and transferred. Philips has acquired a patent for a…

Business and Finance

Move over US — China to be new driver of world's economy and innovation

A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States as the principal driver of the world’s economy – a…

Physics & Astronomy

Nowhere to hide — new ultra-powerful microscope probes atomic world

It will enable scientists to study atoms within materials in a way that has never before been possible and will pave the way for pioneering research relating…

Information Technology

Web Insights: Unveiling What We Already Know

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have found that while Internet searches do bring up a variety of useful materials,…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Regulates Hair Growth and Stem Cell Activity

Like fine china and crystal, which tend to be used sparingly, stem cells divide infrequently. It was thought they did so to protect themselves from unnecessary…

Life & Chemistry

Search for the 'on' switches may reveal genetic role in development and disease

“The majority of DNA in our bodies is packaged, or tightly structured,” said Gregory Crawford, Ph.D., a researcher in the IGSP and one of the senior…

Earth Sciences

Earth's getting 'soft' in the middle

Now a new study suggests that material in part of the lower mantle has unusual electronic characteristics that make sound propagate more slowly, suggesting…

Studies and Analyses

Changing Fashion Trends Boost Lark Bunting Mating Success

Classic examples of sexual selection involve elaborate ornaments, such as the peacock's tail, that evolve as a result of consistent female preferences, so that…

Life & Chemistry

Evolutionary 'battle scars' identify enhanced anti-viral activity

These findings by Julie Kerns, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Hutchinson Center’s Basic Sciences Division, published Jan. 25 in the open-access…

Information Technology

Concrete Flow Research Boosted by Argonne Supercomputer

The allocation is one of 55 awards of supercomputer time given in a peer-reviewed competition known as the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory…

Studies and Analyses

Sports Machismo’s Link to Male Teen Violence Explored

“Sports such as football, basketball, and baseball provide players with a certain status in society,” said Derek Kreager, assistant professor of sociology in…

Life & Chemistry

Quality Control Tags Defective Sperm Cells Inside the Body

A small protein called ubiquitin marks abnormal sperm cells, including cells that have two heads, two tails or are otherwise misshaped. This “recycling tag” on…

Health & Medicine

Syringe Exchange Programs: Exploring Their Social Benefits

On the other hand, no unequivocal support was found for the assumption that syringe exchange programs help reduce HIV and hepatitis infections among injecting…

Life & Chemistry

Wiring Diagram of Cell Division Unveiled by Biologists

The study, published January 25 in the open access journal PLoS Computational Biology, looks at the molecular machinery that governs replication of DNA and…

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