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Stem Cell Researchers Gather in Leipzig to Share Innovations

“We are very glad that we have succeeded in finding a common platform for the presentation of the novel themes within Regenerative Medicine at the World…

Information Technology

Beckman Researchers Introduce New Tool for Language Studies

The researchers and students, all members of the Biological Intelligence research initiative, co-authored the paper, titled Imaging Cortical Dynamics of…

Life & Chemistry

30 Years of Discovery: Symposium on Life’s Third Domain

To mark the anniversary of this discovery, the university is holding a symposium Nov. 3-4 (Saturday-Sunday), with a public lecture at the Spurlock Museum on…

Life & Chemistry

Testosterone turns male juncos into blustery hunks — and bad dads

In the December issue of The American Naturalist (now online), Indiana University Bloomington, University of Virginia and University of Southern Mississippi…

Life & Chemistry

Influenza B Virus Protein Structure Reveals Pandemic Insights

In a report that goes online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Drs. Qinghua Wang, assistant professor of biochemistry and…

Environmental Conservation

Scientists Enhance Poplar Plants to Combat Toxic Pollutants

The problem with plants that are capable of doing this is that the process is slow and halts completely when growth stops in winter. Using plants in this way,…

Health & Medicine

Afternoon Naps Linked to Lower Blood Pressure: Study Insights

This finding is part of a study entitled Acute Changes in Cardiovascular Function During the Onset Period of Daytime Sleep: Comparison to Lying Awake and…

Health & Medicine

Raw Fish Consumption: Health Risks Highlighted in New Studies

Two case studies from Japan presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology point to a potential health problem in the United…

Materials Sciences

Novel semiconductor structure bends light 'wrong' way — the right direction for many applications

A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite…

Life & Chemistry

New DNA Selection Method Accelerates Genetic Discovery

A new technology developed by scientists at Emory University will allow researchers to more easily discover subtle and overlooked genetic variations that may…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights on Mass Spectrometry: Collision-Induced Fragmentation

Fresh data on mass spectrometry are presented in the report ‘Low-energy collision-induced fragmentation of negative ions derived from ortho-, meta-, and…

Life & Chemistry

First 3D Structures of Mammalian HSP90 Protein Unveiled

Dr. Dan Gewirth, Hauptman-Woodward senior research scientist, has just solved the structure of the first mammalian GRP94 protein implicated in immune diseases…

Life & Chemistry

Bouncing Bucky Balls: Exploring Unique Surface Motion Potential

C60 molecules have an intriguing ball-shaped structure that suggests several interesting possibilities for motion on surfaces. Indeed, researchers have found…

Environmental Conservation

New Wastewater Treatment System Targets Heavy Metals Removal

Resulting from the combination of water treatment investigations with the latest in material science, a new type of nanomaterial called nanostructured silica…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Hummocky Maunder Crater: A Unique Terrain Insight

The images were taken in orbits 2412 and 2467 on 29 November and 14 December 2005 respectively, with a ground resolution of approximately 15 metres per pixel. Maunder crater lies at 50° South and 2° East, approximately in the center of Noachis Terra. The sun illuminates the scene from the north-east (top left in the image). …

Physics & Astronomy

Double Star TC-1 Completes Historic Space Mission

Along with its twin TC-2, TC-1 is the first satellite built and operated by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) in cooperation with ESA. Along…

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