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Life & Chemistry

New Classification Method for Identifying Bacteria Variants

Researchers in Germany looked at the minimum standards used to compare the genetic material of new bacteria to well-known types and found that increasing the…

Social Sciences

Researchers find law-abiding majority to be more than willing to engage in illegal and unfair practices in the market place

Professor Susanne Karstedt and Dr. Stephen Farrall analysed survey results from nearly 4,500 people aged 25-65 living in England and Wales, the former Western…

Life & Chemistry

Twins Linked to Higher Risk of Premature Menopause

In a study of more than 800 Australian and UK twin pairs, lead by Dr Roger Gosden, Professor of Reproductive Biology at Weill Medical College of Cornell…

Social Sciences

Exploring Suburban Mobility: Middle-Class Influence on Change

And while ‘residential mobility’ has increased dramatically since the mid-1970s, middle class suburbanites have successfully imposed their ‘tastes’ onto the…

Life & Chemistry

UGA scientists unravel 'molecular inch-worm' structure of walking-pneumonia bacterium

The researchers have described in new, precise detail the unique cell extension that forms on one end of the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae. This structure,…

Life & Chemistry

Microbial Invasion Strategies: How Bacteria Compete

In a new study, researchers have compared two different general ways in which bacteria compete with one another, and they have found that each strategy seems…

Environmental Conservation

Weighing Energy Options: Plutonium vs. Greenhouse Gases

So concludes University of Michigan professor Rodney Ewing, who has analyzed just how much nuclear power would need to be produced to significantly reduce…

Life & Chemistry

Sunflower Speciation: Transposable Elements in Evolution

The findings are reported by Mark Ungerer and colleagues at Kansas State University and appear in the October 24th issue of the journal Current Biology,…

Life & Chemistry

Diversity Boosts Microbial Cooperation: Nature’s Strategy Unveiled

This stems from the fact that freeloading cheats will evolve to exploit any cooperative group that doesn't defend itself, leading to the breakdown of…

Life & Chemistry

How Age Affects DNA Repair Mechanisms in Fruit Flies

In the new work, researchers found that cells in young fruit flies make use of a different mix of molecular DNA-repair mechanisms compared to cells in older…

Studies and Analyses

Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Outcomes Tied to Tumor Aggressiveness

Published in the December 1, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study reviewed patient data from two different…

Studies and Analyses

Teens Outgrow Migraines: Study Reveals Key Insights

Kids with a family member with migraines were most likely to still have migraines 10 years later.For the study, researchers screened all of the kids and teens…

Health & Medicine

Vegetables Boost Memory: Study Links Diet to Cognitive Health

In determining whether there was an association between vegetables, fruit and cognitive decline, researchers from Rush University Medical Center studied 3,718…

Life & Chemistry

Promising STAMP Approach Offers Hope Against Tooth Decay

The experimental treatment, reported online in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, is called a STAMP. The acronym stands for “specifically…

Health & Medicine

New Biologic Treatment for Tennis Elbow: A Surgical Alternative

A person suffering from tennis elbow may not have to look any further than his or her own body for the most effective treatment, according to a study published…

Health & Medicine

'Umbrella' valve provides a potential alternative to lung surgery

A new umbrella-like valve may help patients with emphysema breathe easier and may ultimately provide a noninvasive alternative to lung reduction surgery. In a…

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