“The shark fin trade is notoriously secretive. But we were able tap into fin auction records and convert from fin sizes and weights to whole shark equivalents…
The project was the first comprehensive assessment of the resiliency of reefs along the entire National Marine Sanctuary that stretches about 300 miles from…
Many men with prostate cancer have their prostate glands removed, but only a proportion of these men will later develop life-threatening metastatic disease –…
“The drive to eat is massively stimulated by the start of eating,” said Gareth Leng of the University of Edinburgh, who co-led the new study with Louise…
In a paper published in this week's early online edition of the journal Nature, the scientists report that one of three proteins needed to form these light…
Wood-plastic composites, often used for such things as outdoor decking, are one of the fastest growing components of the wood composites industry. Some…
The scientists used contact network epidemiology to model various vaccine distribution strategies, including the United States Centers for Disease Control…
Researchers at Ohio University have created an improved magnetic semiconductor that solves a problem spintronics scientists have been investigating for years.
Researchers at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) at Oregon Health & Science University have demonstrated how certain white blood cells literally…
A severe storm that occurred in the Gulf of Alaska in October 2005 generated an ocean swell that six days later broke apart a giant iceberg floating near the…
All the major contractors are returning to the event, including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Thalès, Safran, CNES, Alcatel Alenia Space, EADS Astrium,…
New technology described in a study published today in the open access journal Journal of Biology makes it possible to image and quantify molecules within…
The professor of Astrophysics Eduardo Battaner has participated since 1999 in the Grantecan Monitoring Commission, one of the greatest works of Spanish Science…
However, the EPA reported that emissions in 2004 were 23% above the 1990 levels, indicating that Ireland is a long way from meeting the target. The most…
Cancer, drug addiction, neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, immune system defects, visual pathologies, heart disease. A tiny insect, the fruit fly…
Dutch researcher Alessia Gualandris developed the algorithm for this in cooperation with the Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek” and the Amsterdam…