The Hopkins scientists report that the loss of a single gene in kidney cancer cells causes them to stop making mitochondria, the tiny powerhouses of the cell…
The heart-assist devices also significantly improved the cardiac function in many other heart failure patients. “This suggests that, while the devices alone…
The study, published in the May 2007 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, analyzed data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), a…
According to the authors of this research work, which was recently published in the scientific journal NeuroImage, certain brains act via a mechanism which…
Using SCIAMACHY, Annemieke Gloudemans from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and her colleagues at Utrecht University, the Vrije Universiteit…
SMCs are a cost-effective and lighter alternative to metals and more resistant to corrosion. They not only help make nicer cars, but most importantly, lighter…
The ‘quantum dot’ nanoparticles used by Van Manen and Otto replace existing fluorescent labels that are employed to enable the cell’s biomolecules to light up…
A doctoral thesis carried out at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [http://www.ugr.es]) by…
Since islands have many times fewer species than the continent, it seemed only logical that continents were rich sources from which islands drew only a small…
Mechanoluminescence is light generated when a crystal, such as sugar or quartz, is fractured by grinding, cleaving or via other mechanical means. Sir Francis…
The research centers on the interplay of three factors known to have a role in reproduction, growth and/or longevity. The first, vitellogenin (Vg), is a yolk…
Others – particularly parents, who already are tapping the new technology to keep tabs on their kids – view it as a convenient way to ensure their children's…
A major international initiative is being launched to try to boost the income of the world’s millions of poor rice farmers and at the same time provide…
Their work, providing the first comprehensive profile of cell movement, could lead to a better understanding of cell migration in cancer metastasis and…
A new joint study by UCLA and the Rand Corp. shows that more than half of children with an HIV-infected parent are not consistently in that parent’s custody.Researchers found that during the two-year study period, 42 percent of children were not in the HIV-infected parent’s custody at any time….
However, a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that attention does not have a fixed capacity – and that it can be improved by directed…
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