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Environmental Conservation

Golf Courses as Wildlife Sanctuaries: A New Approach

Golf courses are known as centers for human recreation, but if managed properly, they also could be important wildlife sanctuaries, a University of…

Environmental Conservation

Unlocking Cyanobacteria Secrets with NanoSIMS Technology

Using NanoSIMS (high- resolution secondary ion mass spectrometer), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USC and Portland State University scientists showed…

Information Technology

Supercomputing On Demand: Enhancing Event-Driven Science

Somewhere in Southern California a large earthquake strikes without warning, and the news media and the public clamor for information about the temblor –…

Health & Medicine

Modified herpes virus keeps arteries 'free-flowing' following procedures

Christopher Skelly, MD, assistant professor of vascular surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and the study’s lead author says, “One of the…

Communications Media

'Stealth advertising' sliding under radar into TV newscasts

Advertisers’ messages are infiltrating small-market television newscasts at about the same percentage that owners of digital video recorders are skipping the…

Studies and Analyses

Neuroscientist comments on stem cell study's success in helping primates with Parkinson's

Paul R. Sanberg, DSc, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Center for Aging and Brain Repair at USF Health, wrote the commentary…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Predicts Protein Function Accurately

The research team, led by University of Illinois biochemistry professor John A. Gerlt, is the first to use a computational approach to accurately predict a…

Life & Chemistry

Shared Origins: Eye Lenses and Nose Cells Explained

Smell and sight are two sensory systems that are crucial to our ability to perceive the world around us. The ability to sense smells is established by the…

Life & Chemistry

Umeå researchers solve long-standing riddle: Show what enzyme copies genes

The human genome has already been mapped, as have the genomes of several other organisms. On the other hand, little has been known how genes are copied and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

EU-China Agreement Boosts Knowledge-Based Bioeconomy Collaboration

The statement was signed by Christian Patermann, Director of the Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Directorate within the Commission's Research DG, and by…

Physics & Astronomy

AKARI Unveils Comprehensive All-Sky Map in Infrared Light

Launched in February 2006, AKARI is making a comprehensive, multi-wavelength study of the sky in infrared light, helping to gain a deeper understanding of the…

Health & Medicine

EUREKA Project Unveils Innovative Furniture for Seniors

“There is a lot to consider when designing furniture for senior citizens,” says SPECIFURN coordinator Josef Bartak of Form, in the Czech Republic. “We need to…

Earth Sciences

ESA’s Envisat captures breath of volcano

Officials raised the alert to the highest level on Tuesday after the volcano, located in the eastern province of North Maluku, started spitting out flaming…

Life & Chemistry

Small Molecules Linked to Psoriasis: Insights from MicroRNA

MicroRNA are small RNA molecules that regulate gene expression, and by acting on many different proteins and different cellular mechanisms in skin and immune…

Physics & Astronomy

New Acoustic Plasmon Phenomenon Enhances Electronics Design

The discovery, known as acoustic plasmon, could have applications in the design of ultra-high velocity electronic devices for data storage, for use in…

Life & Chemistry

New Discoveries in Pain Relief: Insights from Nature Journal

The findings – published in the top scientific journal Nature – could rapidly advance research into the next generation of painkillers for relief of chronic…

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