The day you are born, your birth certificate carries a detailed genetic profile showing your predisposition to allergies and certain diseases, your health…
As a result of research presented at AutoPolymers2005, a new internal pillar design, the triplet rib, is being patented. This novel ribbed design will maximise…
Now, as the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, Thailand, celebrates its twentieth anniversary, Nosten, who was recently awarded a professorship by…
But the drug can also cause severe birth defects if it is taken by pregnant women. What is the best way to prevent pregnant women from taking the drug, and to…
In a systematic review of previously published studies researchers, Edward Mills and colleagues, looked at studies in both developed and developing country…
In mammals, the production of new brain cells occurs primarily at the time the nervous system is developing, although certain brain areas generate neurons…
The new materials, known as “triple-shape materials,” can assume three different shapes, each shape depending on how much heat is applied. This landmark…
A discovery on how neural circuitry develops to aid proper cerebral cortex activity may help explain the memory and cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s…
This finding indicates that methane may no longer be as large a global warming threat as previously thought, and it provides evidence that methane levels can…
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found, in laboratory studies, that the experimental drug ABT-737 which has shown…
Rice University chemists today revealed the first method for cutting carbon nanotubes into “seeds” and using those seeds to sprout new nanotubes. The findings…
Anthony Gunnell, a medical biostatistician and epidemiologist and colleagues at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm reviewed the medical exams of women with…
The scientific team led by Raymond Penn, Ph.D., and Matthew Loza, Ph.D, found that beta-agonists, such as those used in the treatment of asthma, increase the…
The breakthrough described in an article in the Nov. 17 issue of the journal Science reveals important structural information about the gyrations of DNA during…
“Imagine the future of energy. The future might look like a new power plant on the edge of town – an inconspicuous bioreactor that takes in yard waste and…
Named “Sigma-sub-b” particles, the two exotic and incredibly quick to decompose particles are like rare jewels mined from mountains of data, said team leader…
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