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Physics & Astronomy

Planets Forming in Pleiades Star Cluster: New Astronomy Insights

Astronomers using the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii and the Spitzer Space Telescope report their findings in an upcoming issue of the Astrophysical Journal, the…

Studies and Analyses

Suppressing Herpes Virus May Lower HIV Infectiousness

Most HIV-infected persons are also infected with HSV-2, which is the major cause of genital herpes. Prior studies demonstrated that the risk of passing HIV to…

Earth Sciences

Dinosaur from Sahara ate like a 'mesozoic cow'

A 110 million-year-old dinosaur that had a mouth that worked like a vacuum cleaner, hundreds of tiny teeth and nearly translucent skull bones will be unveiled…

Health & Medicine

New AUA and EAU Guidelines for Ureteral Stone Management

The Guideline is an update to the 1997 AUA guideline on this topic, as well as an update of a section of the EAU’s Guidelines on Urolithiasis (last updated in…

Environmental Conservation

UK Scientists Advance Carbon Capture in China

The British Geological Survey (BGS) attended the launch of the Near Zero Emissions Coal (NZEC) Phase 1 study in Beijing, China today. The aim of this study is…

Life & Chemistry

Possible new Alzheimer’s gene identified

Alzheimer’s disease has several different causes. Since many patients have a close relative who also developed the disease, heredity is believed to be one of…

Health & Medicine

Is the test – tube conception dangerous?

But how safe are the auxiliary reproductive technologies (ART)? Having summarized the data accumulated by the world science, specialists of the Research…

Life & Chemistry

Antarctic Toothfish: A Game Changer for Geologists

The Antarctic toothfish is a big fish about 135 centimeters long, its average weight making 35 kilograms (although some specimens are known to have an adult…

Life & Chemistry

Cellular Therapy in Stroke: New Advances from Rat Studies

Under anaesthetic, the rats’ medium cerebral artery was pinched in order to impair the blood supply in the left hemisphere. Three days later, the animals were…

Physics & Astronomy

High-Tech Firms: Signaling Nanotechnology Without Action

Nanotechnology is forecasted to be among the most significant technologies of the current century, and one of the important megatrends of this decade….

Environmental Conservation

Sunbathing tree frogs’ future under a cloud

In a unique collaborative project, researchers in The Photon Science Institute (PSI) at The University of Manchester have joined forces with The Manchester…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Research Helps Put Farmers' Rights on the Agenda

This breakthrough in the promotion of Farmers' Rights to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture was the result of a process carried through by the…

Studies and Analyses

Internet Remedies for STIs: Public Health Risks Revealed

Less than a quarter of internet vendors gave information on potential side effects of their treatments. They also failed to say if their products would…

Environmental Conservation

Nuclear Desalination: A Sustainable Solution for Fresh Water

Global climate change, desertification, and over-population are already taking their toll on fresh water supplies. In coming years, fresh water could become a…

Life & Chemistry

New Research Uncovers How Tumors Evade Immune Detection

Under normal circumstances, the immune system creates sustained inflammation around a dangerous pathogen or injury which tells the body that there is a…

Life & Chemistry

New Glowing Molecule Detects Prion Fingerprints Effectively

Mad cow disease (BSE), which has caused the death of more than 200,000 cattle and 165 people in the U.K., has now abated. But other prion disorders are on the…

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