The LSST is a US project headquartered in Arizona that is building a revolutionary new design of telescope that has a field of view 1000 times larger than that…
The recent Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change highlights the importance of climate change science – not only physical and biological science but…
The software, called XNA Game Studio Express, will allow gamers to use a tools programme to create games for the Xbox 360 and share them via the Xbox Live…
COROT may discover the first planets elsewhere that closely resemble the Earth in size and composition. The mission is led by the French National Space Agency…
Erythroderma can be caused by inflammatory dermatoses or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. However, even if chemokines and their receptors are involved in the…
Primates often react to possible predators by using intimidation displays, although the occurrence of these displays is dependent on the risk of predation….
The investment round was oversubscribed and was led by DFJ ePlanet Ventures with participation from existing corporate investor ResMed. BiancaMed, whose target…
Coeliac disease is the permanent intolerance of gluten, forcing sufferers to follow a strictly gluten-free diet for their whole life. Gluten is a protein…
The operators of Lydd (or London Ashford) Airport in Romney Marsh, south-east Kent want to extend the site’s runway and build a new terminal to cater for a…
Wheat kernel composition is closely related to final product quality, and while plant breeders are actively developing tailor-made grains with novel starch and…
Matthew A. Wilson, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and postdoctoral associate Daoyun Ji looked at…
The implant contains nanoparticles that can be designed to test for different substances, including metabolites such as glucose and oxygen that are associated…
Moth ears are among the simplest in the insect world—they have only two or four vibration-sensitive neurons attached to a small eardrum. Previously, it was…
The findings bring to light a previously unrecognized role for the batfish species, which had not been considered a significant player in reef recovery after…
The findings, which indicate that a gene underlying a more primitive system of reproduction was likely co-opted during evolution to participate in sex-specific…
In a paper published in PLoS Medicine from Leiden University Medical Center of 37 patients with neuropsychiatric SLE, 21 patients with SLE, and a group of 12…