The RSPB study says that cereal grains such as wheat and oats are the preferred winter food for house sparrows, corn buntings and yellowhammers on farmland…
Researchers have investigated the peculiarities of microorganisms’ physiology and behavior in space on the “Mir” orbiting space station, and found that…
The contest, hosted by Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland, is back for 2007 stronger than ever and now firmly established as the leading international…
Since coeliac disease has occasionally been reported in patients with inflammatory myopathies, UAB researchers are investigating the relationship between…
At 2.7 times the mass of the Sun, AB Aurigae is one of the most massive stars in the Taurus-Auriga star-forming cloud. Although amongst nearly 400 smaller…
Drs Graham Saunders and Steven Bell of Queen’s University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, together with PhD student, Iain Larmour, have developed…
The study found that the two enzymes – which have distinct functions – work together to hamper the body's efforts to fight off the disease. Together they…
All living organisms, including human beings, consist of a number of specialised cell types that all originate from the same type of primal cell; the embryonic…
“The Ontario elk restoration program has met with great success primarily due to the collaborative, multi-partnered approach to wildlife management,” says Dr….
The Influenza Genome Sequencing Project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health…
In laboratory studies, the researchers isolated a protein, caveolin-1, showing that in breast cancer cells this protein can enhance cell death in response to…
New evidence supports the link between a cause of the common cold and more severe respiratory infections such as pneumonia and acute bronchitis. The study is…
In a study published in this month’s Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Mark F. Lenzenweger, a professor of clinical science, neuroscience and cognitive…
Some birds recognise the idea of ‘future’ and plan accordingly, researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered. According to their findings,…
Geophysicists Robin Bell and Michael Studinger from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a part of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, led a team that…
At the surface, sunlight allows green plants to “fix” carbon from the air to build their bodies. Around hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean live communities…
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