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Agricultural & Forestry Science

East Africa Farmers Boosted by New Curriculum for FFS

This follows the collaboration of these organisations towards the development of a curriculum for Farmers Field Schools (FFS) on the icipe’s ‘push-pull’…

Earth Sciences

The world’s northernmost nations are mapping the Arctic

It is the geological surveys in Russia, Sweden, Finland, the USA, Canada and Norway that have begun this international mapping project. Scientists from several…

Life & Chemistry

Behaviour scientists shake Darwin’s foundation – chickens inherited parents' stress symptoms

The scientists grew groups of chickens under stressful conditions, where a randomly fluctuating day-night rhythm made access to food and resting perches…

Information Technology

Open Access Revolutionizes Physics and Maths Publishing

Launched to meet the increasing need for open access journals from major research institutes (such as CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research) and…

Earth Sciences

Ancient coral reef tells the history of Kenya's soil erosion

In a study published in the Feb. 22 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Dunbar and his colleagues used coral samples from the Indian Ocean to create a…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Photoswitching in Green Fluorescent Proteins

University of Oregon scientists have identified molecular features that determine the light-emitting ability green fluorescent proteins, and by strategically…

Health & Medicine

OHSU Surgeon Uses Donated Tissue Allografts in New Procedure

“I found this unfortunate and ironic,” explained Crawford, assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation in the OHSU School of Medicine, and a…

Communications Media

Faster Downloads: Carnegie Mellon’s New P2P System Unveiled

A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist says transferring large data files, such as movies and music, over the Internet could be sped up significantly…

Earth Sciences

University of Colorado Instruments Set for NASA Cloud Mission

A satellite carrying two University of Colorado at Boulder instruments to study silvery-blue clouds that mysteriously form 50 miles above Earth's polar regions…

Earth Sciences

Earthquakes May Trigger Volcanic Activity in Java, Study Finds

The intensity of two ongoing volcanic eruptions on Indonesia’s Java Island increased sharply three days following a powerful, 6.4-magnitude earthquake on the…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Linked to Vitiligo and Autoimmune Diseases Uncovered

Vitiligo is a chronic condition in which melanocytes (the cells that make pigment) in the skin are destroyed. As a result, white patches appear on the skin in…

Medical Engineering

New Counter-Flow Pump Design Offers Hope for Heart Patients

“The counter-flow pump is a bi-ventricular assist device (BVAD), meaning it supports both the left and right sides of the heart simultaneously,” he said.”But…

Health & Medicine

Linking Fragile X and Down Syndromes to Brain Communication Issues

Although the genetics of the disorders are very different, the end result for the brain seems to be the same, said Daniel Madison, PhD, associate professor of…

Life & Chemistry

Flu Vaccine Innovation: Insect Cells Bypass Egg Production

Removing eggs from the flu vaccine manufacturing process is one option for health officials seeking to protect the population from seasonal flu as well as a…

Life & Chemistry

Dietary Fat and Gene Interaction: New Study Insights

Jose Ordovas, PhD, director of the Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory at the Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging…

Studies and Analyses

Higher Household Firearm Ownership Tied to Increased Suicide Rates

In the first nationally representative study to examine the relationship between survey measures of household firearm ownership and state level rates of…

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