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Life & Chemistry

Snake Venoms: Uncovering Common Ingredients in Innovation

Susanta Pahari from National University of Singapore, Singapore (currently working at Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore, India) used venom glands…

Health & Medicine

Why Don't We Get Cancer All The Time?

Having the neighboring cell just split into two identical daughter cells would seem to be the simplest way to keep bodies from falling apart. However that…

Physics & Astronomy

Nobel Prize Technique Miniaturized: High-Precision Optical Chip

The high-precision measuring instruments for determining optical frequencies have meanwhile been made relatively compact and become commercially available….

Materials Sciences

New Year's Eve fireworks 2007 – New directive for a uniform European quality and safety level for fireworks

The trend toward combined fireworks (batteries and combinations) continues incessantly. The pyrotechnic effects have continued to improve significantly…

Environmental Conservation

Frozen Grizzly Hair Reveals Yellowstone Secrets at -77.8°F

Ranging from pale blond to almost black, the hair is filed in a chest freezer where the temperature is minus-77.8 degrees. Some of the tufts are almost 25…

Earth Sciences

Earth Movement’s Role in Human Evolution Uncovered

Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, University of Utah geologists are calling renewed…

Physics & Astronomy

'Shot in the Dark' Star Explosion Stuns Astronomers

“Here we have this very bright burst, yet it's surrounded by darkness on all sides,” says Brad Cenko of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Bangladesh Expands Urea Deep Placement for Fertilizer Efficiency

The Government of Bangladesh has announced that it will expand urea deep placement (UDP)—a technology that doubles the efficiency of urea fertilizer use—to…

Physics & Astronomy

Sandia Supercomputers Uncover Tunguska Disaster Insights

The stunning amount of forest devastation at Tunguska a century ago in Siberia may have been caused by an asteroid only a fraction as large as previously…

Health & Medicine

New Research Aims to Uncover Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Insights

New research by the Faculty of Kinesiology hopes to measure one of the syndrome’s most obvious symptoms — information that could help doctors in the diagnosis…

Physics & Astronomy

ISIS Second Target Station — protons on target!

The £140 million Second Target Station Project will double the capacity of the world-leading ISIS research centre and significantly increase its capability for…

Life & Chemistry

Mutant Gene Linked to Aortic Atherosclerosis in Mice Study

The researchers found that mice engineered without the Akt1 gene and fed a high cholesterol diet had many more signs of aortic atherosclerosis compared to…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Explore Forest Threats with New Web-Based Viewing Tool

“The forest threats summary viewer is an excellent tool for individuals concerned about environmental threats to healthy forests, or how these threats affect…

Health & Medicine

Early Surgery Boosts Outcomes in Gallstone Pancreatitis

Although delaying surgical treatment remains the standard of care for patients with severe gallstone pancreatitis, a new study published in the December issue…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Future Solar Cells Promise Economic And Environmental Gains

If researcher Martin Aagesen’s future solar cells meet the expectations, both your economy and the environment will benefit from the research. Less than 1 per…

Studies and Analyses

Excessive Folate May Impact Vitamin B12 Function

Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid, compounds used by enzymes that contain vitamin B12, accumulate in the blood in patients who are vitamin B12 deficient….

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