These changes could increase the availability of essential soil nutrients, thereby supporting increased plant growth and the plants' ability to “lock up,” or…
Many traffic jams leave drivers baffled as they finally reach the end of a tail-back to find no visible cause for their delay. Now, a team of mathematicians…
They said their achievement offers the potential for treatment of the disorder, the most common form of inherited mental retardation and a leading identified…
The four-year study involved 749 men and women in Italy who were over age 65 and did not have memory problems at the beginning of the study. Researchers…
The new version, developed through research led by Yi Cui, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, produces 10 times the amount of…
A research team at Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering comprised of Professor Christopher Davis, Research Scientist Igor Smolyaninov, and graduate…
Bypassing decades-old conventions in making computer chips, Princeton engineers developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces,…
The EPOXI mission is actually two new missions in one. During the first six months of the journey to Hartley 2, the Extrasolar Planet Observations and…
An international team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic have designed a technique that uses the body’s own cells and a virus to destroy cancer cells that…
“This is the first study to focus on this high risk—and highly unstudied—group.” said Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Judith Lichtman,…
Dubbed “Ebola With Wings” for its ability to spread and kill rapidly, XDR TB has been reported in 37 countries and has been identified in all regions of the…
“Our findings suggest that foot care programs need to assess individuals for mental health functioning as a risk factor and to develop appropriate…
In Energy & Enviro Finland, issue 19 December 2007, the Finnish REACH experts present their views how to respond to the challenges and to turn them into…
The year 2009 is chosen to commemorate the 400 years since renowned scientist Galileo Galilei pointed a telescope towards the sky. This led him to discover,…
“It´s fantastic to get this opportunity”, beams Håkan Engqvist at UU Innovation, who will be coordinating the project.The pilot projects can provide useful…
We've all heard people say 'I won't kiss you, I've got a cold'. But a report just published warns that we may be far more at risk of passing on an infection by…