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Environmental Conservation

Shark Fin Trade: Up to 73 Million Sharks Harvested Annually

“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…

Environmental Conservation

NASA satellite data helps assess the health of Florida's coral reef

The project was the first comprehensive assessment of the resiliency of reefs along the entire National Marine Sanctuary that stretches about 300 miles from…

Health & Medicine

New Prostate Cancer Marker Identifies High-Risk Patients

Many men with prostate cancer have their prostate glands removed, but only a proportion of these men will later develop life-threatening metastatic disease –…

Health & Medicine

Food or its expectation sparks brain's hunger centers

“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…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Vision: New Insights on Compound Eyes in Nature

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…

Materials Sciences

New Wood-Plastic Composites Enhance Industry and Reduce Waste

Wood-plastic composites, often used for such things as outdoor decking, are one of the fastest growing components of the wood composites industry. Some…

Studies and Analyses

Flu Vaccine Shortage: Strategies for Effective Distribution

The scientists used contact network epidemiology to model various vaccine distribution strategies, including the United States Centers for Disease Control…

Physics & Astronomy

Improved Magnetic Semiconductor Advances Spintronics Research

Researchers at Ohio University have created an improved magnetic semiconductor that solves a problem spintronics scientists have been investigating for years.

Life & Chemistry

White Blood Cells Cannibalize Virus-Infected Cells: New Study

Researchers at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) at Oregon Health & Science University have demonstrated how certain white blood cells literally…

Earth Sciences

Alaskan Storm Shatters Giant Iceberg in Antarctica

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…

Transportation and Logistics

AEROMART Toulouse: Key Deals to Watch in Aviation Innovation

All the major contractors are returning to the event, including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Thalès, Safran, CNES, Alcatel Alenia Space, EADS Astrium,…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoscale Imaging: A New Look at the Biological World

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…

Physics & Astronomy

The University of Granada will take part in the operation of the Grantecan, world’s greatest telescope

The professor of Astrophysics Eduardo Battaner has participated since 1999 in the Grantecan Monitoring Commission, one of the greatest works of Spanish Science…

Environmental Conservation

UCD Researchers Develop New Methods to Cut Greenhouse Emissions

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…

Life & Chemistry

A very valuable fly for research into disease

Cancer, drug addiction, neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, immune system defects, visual pathologies, heart disease. A tiny insect, the fruit fly…

Interdisciplinary Research

Ultrafast Star Escapes Black Hole: New Algorithm Insights

Dutch researcher Alessia Gualandris developed the algorithm for this in cooperation with the Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek” and the Amsterdam…

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