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Environmental Conservation

Early Spring Trends in Europe: Insights from Global Study

Scientists from 17 countries have collaborated in the world's largest phenology study (the recording of changes in natural annual events such as the flowering…

Technology Offerings

New Columnar Sensor Detects Analytes in Fluids Efficiently

With the present invention an oscillating columnar sensor will be enclosed in such a manner that fluid will not touch its generated surface, but a meniscus…

Technology Offerings

Efficient Control of Parallel-Kinematic Machines Unveiled

This novel modelling processing now allows an efficient description and drive of parallel-kinematic machines by means of a universal procedure, and forms the…

Technology Offerings

Microendoscope Innovation: Faster Data Acquisition Unveiled

With the innovation “Microendoscope with parallel optical data acquisition” the time to collect data during the examination of surfaces which is also producing…

Materials Sciences

Cornell Researchers Innovate Tiny, Affordable Video Displays

For decades, researchers have been trying to make video displays using tiny mirrors mounted on silicon oscillators. But silicon won't oscillate fast enough and…

Environmental Conservation

Sturgeon's general warning: Stable for now, but beware

For these and other reasons, many sturgeons — a variety of ancient, bottom-feeding fish — are in trouble. Trent Sutton, a fisheries biologist at Purdue…

Health & Medicine

Dartmouth Study Highlights Protein S14’s Role in Breast Cancer

“Over the past three years, we've learned about S14 and its role in communicating information about the nutrient and energy supply to genes required for fat…

Life & Chemistry

Targeting Antibiotics: Key Protein Found in Harmful Bacteria

This research is applicable to the treatment of many diseases because that same protein is found in numerous harmful bacteria, including those that cause…

Life & Chemistry

BGSU Biologist Aims to Decode Protein Communication

The Bowling Green State University biologist wants to crack the communication code of proteins, especially the ones whose “talking” aids and abets disease.”Proteins interact; they 'talk' to each other,” the associate professor says. “It's how they know what to do, and it's how most of the things that need to happen for living organisms get done.” …

Health & Medicine

Breakthrough in AIDS Virus Control by Montreal Researchers

A team of researchers from the Université de Montréal and the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) have announced an important breakthrough in…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Shields Breast Cancer Tumors From Chemotherapy Impact

About half of women whose breast cancer is treated with standard chemotherapy have their cancer return within five years. Most chemotherapeutic drugs have…

Earth Sciences

"Frozen” Natural Gas Discovered at Unexpectedly Shallow Depths Below Seafloor

The research team, supported by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), published their peer-reviewed findings, “Gas Hydrate Transect Across Northern…

Life & Chemistry

Scripps research team reverses Friedreich's ataxia defect in cell culture

The results of the research are being published on August 20 in an advanced, online version of the journal Nature Chemical Biology. In the new study, the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Molecular Causes of Leukemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) leukemias develop when certain chromosomal abnormalities disrupt the genes that control…

Environmental Conservation

UCI Scientists Predict Air Quality Impact of Small Power Sources

As California searches for more sources of power, researchers at UC Irvine have created the first scientific method for predicting the impact of small-scale…

Physics & Astronomy

Innovative Screening Methods for Carbon Nanoparticle Interactions

This has led to the visualization of how human cells interact with some specific types of carbon nanoparticles. The method is described in a review article on…

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