Forty delegates from nine European countries attended the highly successful meeting on the subject of Rosaceous Genomics research to consider how genetic…
At present, Europe’s carmakers can produce 22 million cars a year but there is only demand for 15 million. The same is true around the world: car manufacturers…
Action learning, learning by doing, is the most effective form of training a company can deploy. Instead of remembering facts or processes, students perform…
Some like it sweet. And some like it salty. The choice in popcorn is pretty simple. And so it is in world cinema formats. On one side, there is old-fashioned…
Sound vibrating a windowpane or through a tabletop is something most people experience daily. Sound waves travel well through most solid materials. Now,…
A new study published in this week’s PLoS ONE by post-doctoral researcher Dr Christophe Six and a team of scientists from Mount Allison University, Sackville,…
The nature of the grapes themselves has been less well understood but our knowledge of this is substantially increased this week by the publication in the…
The study, which was published online Nov. 15 by the journal Endocrinology, shows that RNA interference can “rescue” a strain of mouse that has been…
Plastics are becoming more and more important and are an indispensable part of modern life. Scientists are thus interested in clearing up the details of…
Results of a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a top international journal, indicate that macrolide…
Dehydration occurs when the body does not have enough water and this can happen rapidly in extreme heat or through exercise. Symptoms of dehydration can…
A study of changing land use patterns in the state of Maryland found substantial and significant increases in sprawl between 1973 and 2000. The results are in…
In community settings, there’s always at least one person or perhaps a group of individuals who are most highly respected. Prison systems are no different;…
Scientists had previously identified the genes responsible for synthesizing fat within cells. But the genes governing the next step–packaging the fat inside a…
A tiny possum and a giant rat were recorded by scientists as probable new species on a recent expedition to Indonesia’s remote and virtually unknown “Lost…
“The study identifies very good therapeutic targets, and what needs to be done is identify better candidate drugs,” said Lionel Ivashkiv, M.D., director of…
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