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Life & Chemistry

New Insights on LB1’s Microcephaly from Recent Excavations

The researchers also demonstrate that the fairly complete skeleton designated LB1 is microcephalic, while other remains excavated from the site share LB1's…

Studies and Analyses

First study to show how immune cells 'speak' to each other in vivo

WHAT: Researchers at the Board of Governors' Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have confirmed the existence of anatomical…

Earth Sciences

Renewed Volcanic Activity at Phlegrean Fields Detected

Using Differential SAR Interferometry (DInSAR), scientists at the Institute for the Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) of the Italian National…

Health & Medicine

New Criteria Enhance PET Scan Accuracy for Breast Cancer Detection

The spread of breast cancer cells to lymph nodes under the arm is a significant indication of the stage of the disease and the patient's prognosis, and lymph…

Studies and Analyses

Liver-Kidney Transplant: Enhancing Recovery and Reducing Rejection

New UCLA research shows that combined liver-kidney transplants appear to benefit patients with diseases in both organs, including patients with potentially…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer Discovered on Chromosome 8

Harvard Medical School researchers have identified a DNA segment on chromosome 8 that is a major risk factor for prostate cancer, especially in African…

Environmental Conservation

New Model Connects Tiny Larvae to Marine Ecology Insights

The work is reported by Heather M. Galindo and Stephen R. Palumbi of Stanford University, and Donald B. Olson of the University of Miami, and appears in the…

Life & Chemistry

Chimpanzee Tool Use: Insights from Stone Hammer Findings

The findings are significant because this nut-cracking behavior was previously known only in a distant chimpanzee population in extreme western Africa and was…

Life & Chemistry

Bumble Bees Show Ability to Estimate Time Intervals

Although many insects show daily and annual rhythms of behavior, the more sophisticated ability to estimate the duration of shorter time intervals had…

Life & Chemistry

Trap-Jaw Ants: How Rapid Jaws Propel Them to Safety

Scientists using a high-speed imaging system have found that the jaws in trap-jaw ants snap shut in less than a millisecond, averaging a speed of 38 meters per…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Male-Killing Bacteria and Genetic Defense

Male-killing bacteria are passed from mother to offspring, but only males die from infection, suggesting that males harbor genetic elements that allow them to…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Cuvier Crater Ridge: Insights from AMIE’s 2006 Image

AMIE obtained this sequence on 18 March 2006 from a distance of 591 kilometres from the surface, with a ground resolution of 53 metres per pixel. The imaged…

Information Technology

How Jewish Heritage Will Transform Web Searching

At the core of the €2.5m MOSAICA project is a new type of search engine that understands semantics and the meaning of whole phrases, rather than just looking…

Information Technology

Introducing CERTISERV: A New Era for E-Government Services

Developed by ‘bremen online services’ (bos) and showcased at recent trials in Germany, Italy and the UK, the CERTISERV platform is designed to handle a wide…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Revealing the earth’s secrets

The textbooks tell us namely that there are two types of nitrifying bacteria which account for all the oxidisation of ammonia (NH3) into nitrite (NO2) and…

Information Technology

Joke-making software helps non-speaking children to beat language barriers "I want to tell you a joke. Are you ready?&quot

Research shows that computerised speech aids, although very helpful, can restrict the development of a child's language skills, as his or her speech tends to…

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