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Environmental Conservation

Anchovy Fishing at Risk: Gulf of Biscay Evaluation Update

The scientific campaign, undertaken with two vessels, has enabled an evaluation of the entire Gulf of Biscay to be carried out and the presence of juvenile…

Environmental Conservation

New Array Wind Farm Plan Revealed: 341 Turbines for Lewis

The consortium behind the London Array wind farm detailed today by Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling, has altered plans for the 341-turbine scheme…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Micro and Nanotechnologies for Fast Pesticide Detection

Being involved as it is in the field of micro and nanotechnologies, AZTI-Tecnalia is currently taking part in the validation of microsystems for their…

Health & Medicine

Best Practices for Managing Bronchiolitis in Infants

What is bronchiolitis?Bronchiolitis is the most common severe lower respiratory infection in infants. It occurs when a viral infection causes infants’ lower…

Life & Chemistry

Novel EGFR Mutations in Glioblastoma: Implications for Cancer Therapy

A new class of anticancer drugs inhibiting the activated EGFR kinase have shown to be effective against such cancers, especially lung cancer. In a new study in…

Social Sciences

Pentecostals Surpass Methodists in England’s Faith Landscape

It means that as the festival of Christmas approaches, this fastest growing group within Christianity, globally and in the UK, has moved into third place…

Life & Chemistry

'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer

“Now there's the possibility that testing for NAC-1 protein in cancer tissue removed during surgery might identify women most at risk for recurrence and guide…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Treatment Slows Vision Loss in Diabetic Patients

Encouraged by the effect of ranibuzumab in people with macular degeneration, the Hopkins researchers injected the drug into the eyes of 10 people losing their…

Materials Sciences

Nanolithography Expands Beyond Semiconductors: New Innovations

The process allows scientists to create surfaces with varied chemical functionalities and promises to extend lithography to applications beyond traditional…

Physics & Astronomy

Far-out findings — New analysis suggests planets were formed from a giant mix

The findings, reported in the journal Science, come from the first analysis of dust fragments from Comet Wild-2, captured by NASA's Stardust spacecraft and…

Physics & Astronomy

'Cosmic freezer' yields unique discovery

Stardust, the NASA spacecraft mission, was given that name in hopes that the seven-year journey to capture comet samples would bring back to Earth, well,…

Life & Chemistry

Key Gene Identified in Dangerous Common Parasite

The finding, reported in this week's issue of Science by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and elsewhere, should make it…

Life & Chemistry

UCSD Researchers Uncover Immune Cell’s Internal Compass

The research, reported in the December 15, 2006 issue of the journal Science, describes the elements of the “internal compass” that neutrophils use to detect…

Environmental Conservation

Microbe Fixes Nitrogen at 92°C: Insights on Ancient Life

A heat-loving archaeon capable of fixing nitrogen at a surprisingly hot 92 degrees Celsius, or 198 Fahrenheit, may represent Earth’s earliest lineages of…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Genome Inheritance Unveiled at UCSD

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have identified a protein group…

Materials Sciences

Groundbreaking Insulation Achieves Lowest Thermal Conductivity Yet

A new insulation material with the lowest thermal conductivity ever measured for a fully dense solid has been created at the University of Oregon and tested by…

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