Drivers pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than when overtaking bare-headed cyclists, increasing the risk of a collision, the research has…
The Sun’s magnetic fields are known to be an extremely important factor in producing the energy for flaring and when these magnetic fields lines clash…
A new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) finds that not only childless women but also mothers of five or more children, teenage…
When researchers compared the near-infrared reflec-tance of asteroids (as measured from Earth) and meteorites (collected on Earth) they found enough…
Using the “world's smallest controlled heat source” – a tiny atomic-force microscope (AFM) cantilever – scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology and…
In a research first that could lead to a new generation of hard drives capable of storing thousands of movies per square inch, physicists at Rice University…
“The successful capture of the SMART-1 impact from Earth raised a substantial interest in the amateur and professional astronomical community. They started to…
Chronic fatigue in young people can be disabling and is the main illness-related reason for long absences from school. A genetic study of twins by researchers…
The laboratory of Sheng Yang He at Michigan State University has changed the textbook description of a plant’s surface terrain and is unveiling new knowledge…
The reason may be counter-intuitive, but the more magma crystallizes, the hotter it gets and the more likely a volcano will erupt, according to a team of…
Researchers at CSIRO Livestock Industries’ Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong – with the Department of Primary Industries Victoria – are…
A study co-authored by a Florida State University scientist and published in the Sept. 7 issue of the journal Nature has found that as the permafrost melts in…
Uncontrolled blood vessel growth is a major contributor to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among…
The findings published in Nature Genetics have implications for pharmacogenetics, the study of how inherited variations may affect drug metabolism and…
Participants trust they can improve the environmental situation of olive mills thus allowing them to meet the current and future legislation; they also intend…
They have found out that the lack or inhibition of the protein it represents decreases the speed at which neoplasias occur, as it prevents the inflammation…
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