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Life & Chemistry

Scientists Discover Genes Linked to Learning and Memory

Researchers have long recognized that for learning and memory to take place, certain genes must be activated to alter neuron activity inside the brain….

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Exploring Antioxidants: Benefits and Drawbacks of Plant Sources

Researcher Dr. Susanne Mertens-Talcott of Texas A&M University is looking into how plant-based phytochemicals, including antioxidants and herbal supplements,…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring UV Light’s Impact on DNA Replication and Function

It has long been known that UV light can damage DNA, reducing its ability to replicate and interact with proteins, and often resulting in the development of…

Environmental Conservation

Amur Leopard Faces Extinction: Conservation Efforts Update

In February and March, World Wildlife Fund along with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Pacific Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of…

Physics & Astronomy

Directly Probing Quantum Collisions of Individual Atoms

“This method allows us to directly and precisely measure the phase shifts that result when ultracold atoms collide, in a way that is independent of the…

Life & Chemistry

Algae Insights: Unlocking Mammalian Brain Circuitry

Investigators at Duke University Medical Center and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have engineered a strain of mice whose olfactory brain cells “fire”…

Life & Chemistry

Key Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Metastasis Uncovered

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified an important gene involved in the spread of breast cancer that has developed resistance to long-term…

Studies and Analyses

Ethanol Vehicles: Health Risks Behind the Green Promise

''Ethanol is being promoted as a clean and renewable fuel that will reduce global warming and air pollution,'' said Jacobson, associate professor of civil and…

Studies and Analyses

National Child Health Study on Air Pollution Launches

Primary school children, aged between 7 and 11 years, living in ACT, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales will be invited to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar-Powered Device Turns CO2 into Fuel for a Greener Future

Many Earth Week activities will draw attention to the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the resulting impact on global climate. …

Physics & Astronomy

Ames Lab Researchers Rethink Zinc for New Material Innovations

Try as they might, ancient alchemists could never turn lead into gold. Neither can the members of the Novel Materials group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s…

Medical Engineering

New Imaging Method Unlocks Insights Into Multiple Sclerosis

The combined imaging method is enabling the researchers to study how multiple sclerosis causes an overproduction of “astroglial filaments,” which form bundles…

Environmental Conservation

Finland Leads New Baltic Sea Research Collaboration Initiative

The BONUS programme is a means to implement a completely new form of cooperation between the Baltic Seas States. It will provide a framework within which the…

Physics & Astronomy

Dark Matter Haloes: Frisbee vs. Rugby in Cosmic Models

A group from the University of Bristol and the Cerro-Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile has developed a sophisticated computer model to work out the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Scientists Discover Key Mechanism for Plant Flowering

The study reveals the likely mechanism by which the Arabidopsis plant flowers in response to changes in day length. Earlier research had shown that plants’…

Social Sciences

Hungary – Lowest life expectancy linked with high CVD mortality – prevention essential

The low life expectancy is mainly due to high mortality rate from cardiovascular diseases. The development of cardiovascular diseases start in childhood…

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