To the casual observer, they may simply be a curiosity, dismissed as the waning light of the midnight sun. But to scientists, these noctilucent ice clouds…
“Integrating a high-quality film of silicon nanoparticles 1 nanometer in size directly onto silicon solar cells improves power performance by 60 percent in the…
A University of Colorado at Boulder team excavating an ancient Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has discovered an…
The model is called sCast, short for seasonal forecast model. Atmospheric scientist Judah Cohen of AER, Inc., in Lexington, Mass., and colleagues analyzed…
Now, a team of scientists present direct evidence that the three domains of life coexisted at least as long as 2.7 billion years ago.The discovery came from…
McMaster University researchers have first insight into how Huntington's disease (HD) is triggered. The research will be published online in the British…
Most people think of hydrogen peroxide as a topical germ killer, but the medicine cabinet staple is gaining steam in the medical community as an early…
The study, published in the August issue of the journal Glycobiology, found that exposing prostate cancer cells to pectin under laboratory conditions reduced…
Research published in the academic journal, Chemical Communications, reveals that this new compound could be used in a ‘chemically-sensitive MRI scan’ to help…
The findings suggest that transplant recipients who share the same pattern of genes but are still on conventional medication may be able to reduce or eliminate…
Electron transfer plays a vital role in numerous biological processes, including nerve cell communication and converting energy from food into useful forms….
The nanogels — only 200 nanometers in diameter — possess many unique properties that make them ideal drug-delivery tools, according to Daniel Siegwart, a…
“Black liquor is routinely burned in a recovery boiler,” says Andre Boehman, professor of fuel science. “But it has more energy value as a synthesis gas which…
Researchers in the University’s Faculty of Biological Sciences have discovered that one of the body's naturally occurring proteins is preventing 57 genes from…
The three organisations recently took this step in response to the Government's large-scale national initiative on bio-prospecting (the search for valuable,…
Appearing in the open-access scientific journal PLoS ONE, the study is the first in which RT-PCR and serological findings have both affirmed Marburg infection…
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