The team, led by Beverly Davidson, Ph.D., a Roy J. Carver Biomedical Research Chair in Internal Medicine and UI professor of internal medicine, physiology and…
This they do in transporting warm- and cold-water masses from the Equator to the poles. The near-surface currents are generated essentially by the winds,…
A geologist at Washington University in St. Louis and his collaborator at Oxford University have interpreted data that Lewis and Clark collected during their…
“Because television is so commonplace in our society, we don't realize how much of an impact it has on youth,” says co-author Professor Ken Allison of the…
Many biological processes lie out of the visual reach of scientists. The benefits of high-resolution electron microscopy are often offset by disruptive sample…
“Growing Stock” Expanding in Most Forested Nations, even with Modest Prosperity; Fears of a “Skinhead Earth” Not Borne Out by Data, Researchers Find Co-authors…
Following up on previous studies, Hopkins cardiologists used a thin tube to extract samples of heart tissue no bigger than a grain of rice within hours of the…
Their findings, available online this week and in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are part of a fast-growing research…
These policies have led to Orwellian “marine protected areas” that host commercial fishing operations, leading one to wonder who's protecting whom. A new study…
Trterpenoids and the rexinoid LG100268 prevent lung tumors induced by vinyl carbamate in strain A/J miceNew synthetic drugs called triterpenoids which owe…
Targeted cancer therapy drugs like Gleevec (imatinib) and Tarceva (erlotinib), which destroy tumors by interfering with specific proteins or protein pathways,…
Two studies in the November 2006 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, published by Cell Press, provide mechanistic details that may explain why the small-molecule…
It is hoped that implementing the plan would not only improve patient health outcomes but also improve patients' quality of life, reduce the expenses they…
Using material similar to bathtub caulk, University of Utah engineers invented a tiny, inexpensive “micropump” that could be used to move chemicals, blood or…
Speaking at an AVS session commemorating Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday, physicist Lawrence Schein will explain how Franklin's pioneering studies on…
Australia's scientific research agency, CSIRO has 'built' a shirt which could fulfil the fantasy of anyone who has, in the privacy of their homes, jammed along…
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