The agreement calls for more competition to be introduced so that the system can be procured quickly for rapid deployment of Galileo by 2012. This means that…
Sometimes, these mechanisms lose their efficiency and some of the genes that should be “switched off” remain active. This, in turn, could lead to uncontrolled…
“In the same manner that a cut in the skin triggers blood flow to promote healing, a crack in these new materials will trigger the flow of healing agent to…
A simple test that can be given by any physician predicts a person’s risk for developing dementia within six years with 87 percent accuracy, according to a…
More than 26 million people worldwide were estimated to be living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2006, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns…
In a paper published online May 21 before print by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a pair of researchers from Cornell University…
As reported in a recent paper,* the device is a type of “non-volatile” memory, meaning stored information is not lost when the device is without power….
Key distribution—the problem of ensuring that both the sender and receiver of an encrypted message (and no one else) share the same long string of random…
In a triumph for pests, scientists have figured out how to make the fruit fly live longer.But humans still may get something out of the deal. As reported…
Then imagine that galaxy encountering its identical twin. The first galaxy merges with the second to produce a galaxy that's even grander and greater….
Scientists argue that environmental monitoring is a crucial part of science in the review, “Who needs environmental monitoring”” Gary Lovett (Institute of…
What do glowing veggies have to do with a career in science” It just so happens that electrified pickles swimming in metal ions are one example of the type of…
The advance was possible, researchers say, because their years of research into the disease showed that these tumors do not affect the cochlear nerve necessary…
Bacteria are divided into two types, gram-positive and gram-negative, with the primary difference being the nature of the bacterial cell wall. Little is known…
Genetically modified (GM) crops may contribute to increased productivity in sustainable agriculture, according to a groundbreaking study published in the June…
For more than a decade ecologists have wanted to create an observatory for understanding complex ecological processes at multiple scales—from continental-scale…
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