This is the first report using state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic technique to explain the detailed molecular mechanism behind the…
A simple calculation to give the expected temperature of a planet's upper atmosphere balances the amount of sunlight absorbed by the energy lost to the lower…
In addition, the bone marrow-derived stem cells, which could be differentiated into neurons and other cells making up the central nervous system, spread far…
Children who live near a major highway are not only more likely to develop asthma or other respiratory diseases, but their lung development may also be…
The study, led by Associate Professor Peiqing Sun and Professor Jiahuai Han of The Scripps Research Institute, is being published on January 26, 2007 in the…
The study, published in the January 26 issue of the journal Cell, shows that what scientists thought were two distinct processes in cells—the cells’ normal…
The lead author of the study is S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, a neurologist at UCSF Medical Center and associate professor in the UCSF School of Medicine. About…
Speed is a primary concern in pneumonic plague, which kills in three to four days and potentially could be used in a terrorist attack. The bacterium that…
“Previous studies indicated that alcohol use is a risk factor for HCV disease progression, but they seldom examined the effect on women and men separately,”…
According to the researchers, such a therapy would essentially take advantage of a weakness of the disease: that the majority of growth- and…
Although the symptoms of DT are relatively well known, the pathophysiology of DT is less clear. A review of formerly published research has found that both…
The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away. To overcome…
The complex task of launching a well-organized, effective immune system attack on specific targets is thrown into high gear when either of two specific enzymes…
“Microshutters” are tiny doorways that bring stars and galaxies very far away into better focus. This new technology will go aboard the James Webb Space…
Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University; the University of California, San Diego; and The University of Texas at Austin have developed a test of string…
The 160-kilobit memory device uses interlocked molecules manufactured in the UCLA laboratory of J. Fraser Stoddart, director of the California NanoSystems…
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