Now, in the advanced online issue of Nature1, scientists show that, although originating from different cell types, human limbs and median fins share a common…
If a fisherman falls into the sea, the new oilskin suit will keep him afloat – in fact, upright in the water, a position that will make it easier to climb on…
Working out how to boost the vitamin C content of blackcurrants would help to promote consumption of the vital nutrient and also improve juice quality,…
A study published today in the journal Critical Care shows for the first time that the highly resistant, metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas…
The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology, found that fish grew larger in small traditionally managed reserves, rather than in…
When an infection occurs, immune cells flock to the area and secrete large amounts of highly reactive chemicals to combat the invader. But, these inflammatory…
The study, which appears in the July 28 issue of the journal Science, involved researchers from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a part of The Earth…
“Even a small reduction in lung function may indicate some harm to the lungs,” said NIEHS researcher Stephanie London, M.D., lead investigator on the study….
So that we can move, and so that our heart beats, we need proteins with special mechanical properties, “molecular springs”, which give our tissues the…
That is the finding of a study by Christopher Collins, Cornell associate professor of human resource studies at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Collins found that small businesses that follow such strategies reap 22 percent more revenue growth, 23 percent more profit growth and have 67 percent less employee turnover than companies that do not have such hiring criteria….
A single protein can turn on and off a key component of the immune system by changing partners in an elegant genomic dance, said researchers at the University…
A fundamental new trend in atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns in the Pacific Northwest appears to have begun, scientists say, and apparently is…
A fundamental new trend in atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns in the Pacific Northwest appears to have begun, scientists say, and apparently is…
Through studies of mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have now identified osteoclasts, cells that dismantle old bone,…
A study of low-income housing residents has documented that the more television people say they watched, the less active they were, researchers from…
It's long been thought that the body's own immune system, rather than reducing the symptoms, may make things worse. But now researchers at the Stanford…
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