Plant-insect ecologists typically attribute the differences to variation in the nutritional quality or defective chemistry of plant tissues. However, the…
“Building upon our earlier work with lead (Pb) sensors, we constructed colorimetric sensors that are based on the lateral flow separation of aptamer-linked…
Scientists have found a new task managed by the antibody that's the workhorse of the human immune system: Inside cells, Immunoglobulin G (IgG) helps bring…
Recharging your laptop computer, your cell phone and a variety of other gadgets may one day be as convenient as surfing the Web-wirelessly. Marin Soljacic, an…
COROT is expected to greatly enlarge the number of known exoplanets during its two-year mission and provide the first detection of rocky planets, perhaps just…
By encapsulating medicine in billions of microscopic sugar cubes, the cells of the body are tricked into absorbing pharmaceuticals that could not normally be…
Experienced and qualified social workers may soon be a rarity as existing employees reach retirement age, unless new blood is encouraged into the work force,…
In an experiment at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), located near Geneva, the scientists have demonstrated that a beam of antiprotons can…
The award recognises both the speed with which the mission was put together and the unprecedented study it is making of Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour….
T cells are produced by the body to fight infection. Scientists previously identified two types of T cell, both produced in the thymus: “effector T cells”,…
New research done by Henrik Svensmark at the Danish National Space Center shows that data from microscopic fossil seashells can be used to define important…
According to new results published by Dr. Henrik Svensmark of the Danish National Space Center in the journal Astronomische Nachrichten, the variability in the…
When Patrick Weatherhead put his 25-year data about the red-winged black bird alongside climate records, he found a direct correlation with the North Atlantic…
Scientists have been exploring RNA interference (RNAi) as a gene therapy technique to silence genes that are improperly produced. The “RNAi” approach requires…
A research group with its base at Lund University in Sweden is now presenting findings that may make it possible to attack the tumor precisely via these…
The paper was published on Science Express, the advanced publication Web site of Science Magazine on Nov. 9, 2006. Dr. Pourquié’s lab has long studied the…
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