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Environmental Conservation

Northwest Atlantic Ecosystems Face Major Climate Changes

Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean–from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina–are…

Studies and Analyses

Early Settlers’ Quest for Metals at La Isabela Unveiled

University of Florida archaeologist Kathleen Deagan co-authored the study and led the fieldwork at La Isabela, founded in 1493 on modern day Dominican…

Social Sciences

Communication Challenges Among Close Associates Explained

Particularly among close associates, sharing even a little new information can slow down communicationSome of people’s biggest problems with communication come…

Life & Chemistry

Low-cost Parkinson's disease diagnostic test a world first

Currently there is no specific PD diagnostic test and doctors rely on their observations to make a diagnosis, which means some patients may not be prescribed…

Power and Electrical Engineering

University Professor Unveils Innovative Hydrogen Fuel System

Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of “sticker shock” when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that…

Environmental Conservation

North Atlantic Ecosystem Shift: Climate and Cod Decline Impact

While some scientists have pointed to the decline of cod from overfishing as the main reason for the shifting ecosystems, the article emphasizes that climate…

Health & Medicine

Caffeine Linked to Lower Heart Disease Death Risk in Seniors

Using data from the first federal National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study, the researchers found that survey…

Health & Medicine

Scholl's Armstrong in Spain keynote: 'Amputations worse than cancer'

The Spanish National Symposium on the Diabetic Foot last week was the scene for a keynote address that delivered a strong message proposing “a marriage of…

Health & Medicine

Why Colorectal Cancer Predictors Lead to Low Screening Rates

Even when diagnosed with a condition that is a strong genetic predictor of colorectal cancer, many patients do not seek out genetic counseling or cancer…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Gene Potential: Exploring Genome Activation Insights

At any given time, most of the roughly 30,000 genes that constitute the human genome are inactive, or repressed, closed to the cellular machinery that…

Life & Chemistry

New Hope for Genetic Hearing Loss: Connexin26 Breakthrough

Emory University researchers have found that in mice, increasing the amount of the protein connexin26 in the ear's cochlea compensates for an absence of…

Life & Chemistry

Pigs Arrive in Biosecure Facility for Diabetes Cure Research

For the millions of people worldwide who are afflicted with diabetes, we are now one step closer to a potential cure for the disease.Spring Point Project, a…

Environmental Conservation

New Insights on Climate Change Impacts in European Seas

She will elaborate on the results of this Marine Board-ESF study, which started in 2005, and formally hand over the report to Koen Verlaeckt, head of cabinet…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Europe’s Impact on Crop Innovation in Developing Nations

As a follow-up to this event, plant researchers from the developing world met in Brussels at a meeting organised by European Action on Global Life Sciences…

Life & Chemistry

First Look at Influenza Replication Machine Unveiled

In 1918, 50 million people died during a worldwide influenza pandemic caused by mutation of a bird-specific strain of the influenza virus. Recently H5N1,…

Physics & Astronomy

SN1987A's Twentieth Anniversary

The unique supernova SN 1987A has been a bonanza for astrophysicists. It provided several observational 'firsts,' like the detection of neutrinos from an…

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