They found that the drug combination that was the most expensive in the short term was in fact the most cost-effective, because its superior performance in…
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2006The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of…
Researchers have developed an effective new method of testing cognitive decline in mice with the disease, using an automated touch screen. It is hoped the…
Each year, in autumn, the Cluster fleet must pass several times through the Earth's shadow with respect to the Sun. During these eclipses, which last about…
Magnetic components that can be controlled by the application of an external electric field are useful in many different applications. They can serve as…
Every day, worldwide, around 30,000 people are seriously injured in road traffic crashes. Most of these are in low- and middle-income countries, and most are…
The new figures, which can be translated into 250 euro per inhabitant per year, or 1 per cent of Europe's aggregate national income, are presented by Patrik…
One such research project, overseen by geologist Brandon Nuttall at the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kentucky, has investigated the…
Analysis of 241 cerebral angiograms performed on 205 children at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center between 1999 and 2006 showed that not a single patient…
University of Chicago physicists have discovered a new class of behavior in air bubbles rising from an underwater nozzle. In this surprising behavior, the…
The technology, desorption electrospray ionization, or DESI, measures characteristic chemical markers that distinguish diseased from non-diseased regions of…
But now, Cornell researchers have extended a powerful technique to increase by fourfold the size of a protein that can be analyzed, to those containing more…
“When these kids are born, you have a short amount of time to intervene or you get brain damage,” says Dr. Black, cell and molecular physiologist at the…
This discovery was made by using data from the longest X-ray observation ever of M87, a nearby giant elliptical galaxy. M87 is centrally located in the Virgo…
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than 12 million Americans age 12 and older reported they had tried methamphetamine at least once…
According to a study in the September/October issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry’s (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal, halitosis…