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Health & Medicine

Wine, women and … spirits, beer and breast cancer risk

Speaking at a news briefing today (Thursday) at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO 14) in Barcelona, Dr Arthur Klatsky said: “Population studies have…

Business and Finance

Consultancy Firms Prioritize Billable Hours Over Expertise

Knowledge is an increasingly important factor in competition. Companies must keep up to date and ensure their staff have the necessary knowledge to keep their…

Studies and Analyses

DNA Damage Response: Barrier to Viral Tumorigenesis Unveiled

Importantly, KS also occurs in HIV-negative individuals. Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have discovered that activation of the DNA damage…

Earth Sciences

10 Million-Year-Old Chips Uncover Fish Diet and Evolution Link

This kind of study, which was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, has previously not been possible because although fossils preserve direct…

Health & Medicine

Bird Flu Virus Reaches Fetus, Impacts Organs Beyond Lungs

Professor Jiang Gu, Peking University, Beijing, China and colleagues studied post-mortem tissues of two adults – one man and one pregnant woman, and also…

Life & Chemistry

AKAP18: Key Protein Targets PKA for Heart Muscle Control

The protein has a crucial role in correctly targeting protein kinase A (PKA) to a molecular complex that helps control the rate and strength of heart muscle…

Life & Chemistry

Wasp Genetics Reveal Altruism From Maternal Behavior

Like honey bee workers, wasp workers give up their reproductive capabilities and focus entirely on nurturing their larval siblings, a practice that seems to…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanowire Harvests Energy From Environment for Power Generation

Now, researchers at the University of Illinois have shown that a single nanowire can produce power by harvesting mechanical energy. Made of piezoelectric…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Heat Wave Shocks Climate Researchers This Year

“Everything has changed dramatically in the watershed we observed,” reports Geography professor Scott Lamoureux, the leader of an International Polar Year…

Studies and Analyses

Unlocking Diversity: UC Davis Study Reveals Key Insights

A new UC Davis study offers clues to how these losses relate to one another — information that is essential as scientists and land managers strive to protect…

Environmental Conservation

Hybrid Salamanders Challenge Common Wisdom in New Study

The study, by former UC Davis doctoral student Benjamin Fitzpatrick (now on the faculty of University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and professor Bradley Shaffer,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Endangered Tropical Kelp Forests Discovered by Researchers

A research team led by San Jose State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara has discovered forests of a species of kelp previously thought…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Emphasizing the 'precision' in precision agriculture

New protocol and software developments are helping farmers put the precision back in “precision agriculture” by making it easier for growers to use previously…

Health & Medicine

Capsule Endoscopy Diagnoses More Crohn's Disease Recurrence After Surgery Than Colonoscopy

Capsule endoscopy led to changes in therapy for more than half of the patients studied. The research appears in the September issue of Gastrointestinal…

Life & Chemistry

Enzyme's second messenger contributes to cell overgrowth

The research team led by Joan Heller Brown, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of pharmacology at UCSD, has demonstrated in a mouse model that a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Engineered Eggshells: A New Way to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

The patented process uses eggshells to soak up carbon dioxide from a reaction that produces hydrogen fuel. It also includes a unique method for peeling the…

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