Her dissertation titled: “Innovation Systems and Development: The Journey of a Beleaguered Nile Perch Fishery in Uganda,” documents the actions taken by a…
Professor Yan and Dr Lu won their Power/Energy award for developing a new way of measuring the properties of flames in large industrial buildings, such as…
The new technology is called a ‘nanoactuator’ or a molecular dynamo. The device is invisible to the naked eye – about one thousandth of a strand of human hair.
The research identified and characterized the key genes involved in the biological clock of bees. The findings of the research will be published on Oct. 26 in…
Queen's University researchers have discovered that seeking out the most attractive mate may be unhealthy for any offspring. Using a “virtual fruit fly dating…
A detailed study of sedimentary rocks exposed along a portion of southern California's San Jacinto fault zone shows the fault to be no older than 1.1 million…
University of Georgia researchers have found that the common wood duck and laughing gull are very susceptible to highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses…
“These particles, named Sigma-sub-b [¦²b], are like rare jewels that we mined out of our data,” said Jacobo Konigsberg, University of Florida, a spokesperson…
For his work, Field received the Department of Physics and Astronomy Stoddard Prize for the best thesis of 2006. His supervisor, department chair Arie Bodek,…
STEREO is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on the evening of Wednesday, October 25 aboard a Delta II rocket. The launch window…
This is even the case if those purchases might include shoes that cause blisters or clothes that no longer fit, said Erica Okada, an assistant professor of…
The results of this latest study were published in the journal NeuroReport. The scientists used DTI — which tracks the movement of water through brain tissue —…
While alcohol is believed to play a role in about one-third of homicides and fatal motor vehicle accidents, media reports linked alcohol to specific accidents…
The study analyzed the results of eight major research trials involving nearly 20,000 patients who underwent interventional heart procedures, such as balloon…
Cushing disease is caused by pituitary tumors that produce excessive amounts of hormone because the tumor cells have become resistant to negative feedback…
The finding means that scientists will have to re-examine studies of sedimentary rock deposited across North America during the Silurian period, from 416 to…