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Earth Sciences

3-D computer models aid research of Earth's core

The article reveals that scientists are now able to directly measure heat that moves from the molten metal of Earth’s core into a region at the base of the…

Life & Chemistry

Honeybees Trained to Detect Explosives: A New Scientific Approach

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a method for training the common honey bee to detect the explosives used in bombs. Based on…

Environmental Conservation

Researchers Push for National Climate Service Initiative

Unlike the National Weather Service, which forecasts weather up to a week in advance and sometimes two weeks in advance, a national climate service ideally…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Perennial Wheat Research for Sustainable Production

Annual wheat, which is traditionally grown in the Great Plains, is planted in the fall and dies after harvest in mid-summer. But Dr. Charlie Rush, Experiment…

Physics & Astronomy

3-D X-Ray Imaging of Nanoparticles Enhances Material Innovation

The device could be used for making better materials, for example for use in electronics, optics and biotechnology.Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Biocontrol Innovations for Wavyleaf Thistle in Texas

Dr. Jerry Michels, Experiment Station entomologist at Bushland, along with Nagendra Earle, a West Texas A&M University graduate student, began looking at…

Life & Chemistry

Aging Gene Linked to Prostate Cancer Protection Uncovered

The researchers, led by Kimmel Cancer Center director Richard Pestell, M.D., Ph.D., hope the newly found connection will aid in better understanding the…

Physics & Astronomy

Complex Order Parameter Confirmed in Ruthenate Superconductors

“We have pretty unambiguous evidence for ‘p-wave’ symmetry with a complex order parameter that breaks time-reversal symmetry in this ruthenate superconductor,”…

Life & Chemistry

UNC Scientists Uncover How Dynein Powers Cellular Movement

The structural model helps solve a scientific mystery: how the protein dynein fuels itself to perform cellular functions vital to life. These functions include…

Health & Medicine

Heart Attack Depression Increases Risk of Future Issues

People who experience their first-ever bout of depression after having a heart attack are at greater risk for future heart problems than are patients who…

Life & Chemistry

Signaling for Cartilage: New Insights from Stem Cell Research

Skeletons are made of bone and cartilage cells that are differentiated from the same multipotent stem cell, said Dr. Brendan Lee, associate professor of…

Studies and Analyses

Rote Learning Boosts Memory in Seniors, Study Finds

Researchers found that seniors who engaged in an intensive period of rote learning followed by an equally long rest period exhibited improved memory and verbal…

Studies and Analyses

Sitting Posture: The Surprising Impact on Back Pain

“A 135-degree body-thigh sitting posture was demonstrated to be the best biomechanical sitting position, as opposed to a 90-degree posture, which most people…

Studies and Analyses

Radiologists attempt to solve mystery of Tut's demise

Ashraf Selim, M.D., radiologist at Kasr Eleini Teaching Hospital, Cairo University in Egypt, was part of an international team of scientists that studied the…

Environmental Conservation

Natural Systems Group Advances Research on Ecosystem Evolution

SENSe which is part of the University’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) aims to further understanding of biological and other natural systems…

Studies and Analyses

Health Benefits of Smoking Ban at Risk Without NHS Prep

In the three months before the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places in Scotland (on 26 March 2006), the number of people wanting to quit before…

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