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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Seven-year glitch: Cornell warns that Chinese GM cotton farmers are losing money due to 'secondary' pests

The reason, as reported by Cornell University researchers at the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting in Long Beach, Calif., July…

Health & Medicine

New Clinical Guidelines for Recalled Pacemakers & ICDs

The research team, led by Mitesh S. Amin, M.D., a resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at the VCU School of Medicine, developed the guidelines,…

Health & Medicine

Combination Therapy Boosts Survival Rates in Pancreatic Cancer

Results of the study, conducted by researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the Centre Hospitalier…

Studies and Analyses

Paternal Family History of Breast Cancer: A Hidden Risk

Taking a family history is one of the most accessible genomic screens for breast cancer. However, a history of cancer on the paternal side may not be as well…

Life & Chemistry

Irradiation Enhances T-Cell Responses in Bacterial Vaccines

Their findings, published in the July 26 issue of the journal Immunity, could result in more potent vaccines that are relatively inexpensive to produce, easy…

Earth Sciences

Ice Sheets Influence CO2 Levels, Redefining Ice-Age Theory

Milankovitch argued that low levels of summer radiation permit snow to accumulate as permanent ice, while high levels of solar radiation melt snow and ice. It…

Life & Chemistry

'Friend' protein keeps nerve signals in check

Without it, you die. A more recently discovered protein called tomosyn hangs on, or binds, to syntaxin. Its Japanese discoverers named it tomosyn by combining…

Life & Chemistry

Velvet Worms and Spiders: Unveiling Evolutionary Secrets

Known to scientists as onychophorans, velvet worms have been thought to be similar to the ancestors of modern arthropods, the jointed-legged creatures that…

Life & Chemistry

Nano Probe Unlocks Insights Into Cell Behavior for Drug Development

To create drugs capable of targeting some of the most devastating human diseases, scientists must first decode exactly how a cell or a group of cells…

Life & Chemistry

When biology gets 'Quirky,' scientists turn to math

Ultimately, the project could provide a tool for clinical research, because it could explain why cells sometimes react to medicines in unexpected ways.A…

Physics & Astronomy

Nearby Star System May Host Earth-Like Planet Discovery

A second system is likely to have a belt of rocky bodies the size of Mars or smaller. The other two, the models show, do not have the proper conditions to form…

Environmental Conservation

Pine Plantations Linked to Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels

This is important because carbon dioxide is a key greenhouse gas, one that is linked to global warming.Landowners in the South are turning stands of hardwood…

Life & Chemistry

New Model Simulates AZT Metabolism in Mitochondria

AZT is used successfully as part of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) to control the level of the human immunodeficiency virus in HIV-infected…

Life & Chemistry

Study pinpoints protein's role in cancer spread

The study by researchers in the Cell Signalling Unit, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre could pave the way for new drugs which limit the protein's…

Physics & Astronomy

Cooling Solid Materials with Laser: A Breakthrough at UPV/EHU

Joaquín Fernández, Chair at the Department of Applied Physics at the Bilbao School of Engineering, is leading the team consisting of Professor Rolindes Balda…

Information Technology

Safer Mountain Flights: Innovations in Aviation Technology

It would appear that there are radars, land-based services and so on – why is it that aircraft and helicopters continue to crash, especially during take off…

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