In a new evidence-based paper, the American College of Physicians (ACP) analyzes health care in the United States and 12 other industrialized countries and…
Known in America chiefly as the bane of hikers, the single-celled intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia is a major cause of diarrheal illness worldwide with…
The biological pathway that powers sperm to swim long distances could be harnessed to nanotech devices, releasing drugs or performing mechanical functions…
A purified extract prepared from a common microbe and delivered to the lungs of laboratory mice in a spray set off a healthy immune response and provided…
A research study published in the October 2007 issue of HortScience found that consumers don't like blemishes—on apples, that is. The study of consumer values…
We've all seen the term “super food” used to describe those nutrition-loaded edibles that promote health and discourage disease. Powerhouse foods high in…
Southern highbush blueberries are emerging as an important fruit crop in Georgia, but experienced farmers say the fruit can be a challenge to grow. To…
This is the case for piranhas for which the whole range of species is endemic to South America. Combining the results of phylogenetic analysis, elaborated…
Thanks to a pooling of results from several international research teams (1), a databank for compiling the oxygen isotope concentration ratios, 18O/16O, for…
At a meeting of the European Commission today representatives from all EU Member States met in Brussels to consider the status of medical oncology as a…
What are the most important medium-term trends in basic research? How can scientists and their research projects be supported even more efficiently and…
A new data analysis undertaken by Dr. Susan Page of the University of Leicester Department of Geography and colleagues involved in the EU-funded CARBOPEAT and…
A doctoral dissertation ‘Communication in forest policy decision-making in Europe: a study on communication processes between policy, science and the public’…
Both the National Curriculum for England (DfEE/QCA, 2000) and the new Framework for Literacy (DES/PNS, 2006) concentrate on the formation and orientation of…
The production of wind power varies and is harder to forecast than the fluctuations in electricity demand. Adding large quantities of wind power to power…
Bivalve molluscs (mussels, oysters, clams and cockles, among others) obtain their food by filtering sea water in order to retain the organic particles it…
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