Scientists responsible for the D-CIXS instrument on SMART-1 are also announcing that they have detected aluminium, magnesium and silicon. “We have good maps of…
Norwegian competence has long enjoyed a special position in other countries where the construction and use of a wide range of underground facilities are…
The research into the current UK retail deposit market shows that converted building societies have introduced and withdrawn deposit accounts with far greater…
BASF discovered a new strain of lactobacillus called L. anti-caries, which binds to Strepptococcus mutans, the bacteria responsible for tooth decay. S. Mutans…
Rapid and accurate diagnosis is thus vital. A team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, the Swiss Tropical Institute, and the…
That's because many of the genes involved in the cell-to-cell communication that triggers the development of cell polarity in Drosophila oocytes (unfertilized…
Many warm-blooded animals slip into an inert sleep-like state as part of a unique strategy to get past harsh winters when food supplies are low and the need…
The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major…
An international, multi-institutional research consortium is seeking to discover how a few HIV-infected individuals are naturally able to suppress replication…
“What was unusual was that we found that people in the middle class were still at a disadvantage compared with those at just a slightly higher income,” said…
While diseases like asthma and allergies are becoming increasingly common in the West, many people believe that we are living ever stressful lives. A new study…
With Australian help, Indian farmers are fighting back against the world’s worst agricultural pest—the cotton bollworm—which costs $5 billion a year worldwide.The farmers are reducing the use of insecticides by about a half, while increasing crop yields by 11 per cent and profitability by 75 per cent….
Like most of its lunar predecessors, SMART-1 will conclude its scientific observations of the Moon through a small impact on the lunar surface. This is planned…
In the wild, only the plants with the most attractive flower colours are able to reproduce and thrive because the insects that pollinate them prefer certain…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered what astronomers are reporting as the dimmest stars ever seen in any globular star cluster. Globular clusters are…
Brown fat plays an important role in newborn mammals, including our own children, since this tissue helps the newborn to maintain its body temperature by…
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