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Environmental Conservation

Innovative Bacterial Protein Targets Mosquito Control Efforts

The new preparation is based on the protein produced by bacteria, the crystals of which the researchers have learned not only to obtain in required quantities,…

Earth Sciences

Understanding Volcano Formation: Insights from Siberian Researchers

Researchers from the United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy (Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) under the guidance of Academician…

Health & Medicine

Worms Propel Parkinson’s Disease Research Forward

In 2005 over 100 people participated in a sponsored walk using the local canal network around Falkirk as a route and raised £5,500 for research into the…

Information Technology

Cognitive Robotic Companions: Bridging Sci-Fi and Reality

The concept of a cognitive robotic companion inspires some of the best science fiction but one day may be science fact following the work of the four-year…

Physics & Astronomy

What do Racquel Welch and quantum physics have in common…? Leicester scientist leads 'Fantastic Voyage'

The study aims to delve into a ‘void’ or empty space in which atoms move, which has a large intrinsic energy density known as zero-point energy Recent…

Earth Sciences

Catastrophic ‘lake burst’ chills climate

The findings, reported in this week’s edition of the international journal Science (30 June 2006), prove for the first time that sudden North American ‘lake…

Earth Sciences

New Insights on Human-Produced Gases and Environmental Impact

The gases come from human-produced chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The Montreal Protocol, an international agreement adopted in 1987, limited the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Liver Cancer Treatment From Lab Mice Research

By generating tumors in laboratory mice that mimic human liver cancer and by comparing the DNA of mouse and human tumors, researchers at Cold Spring Harbor…

Earth Sciences

Groundwater Flow After Earthquakes: New Insights for Oil Extraction

The enhanced permeability caused by seismic shaking could potentially be harnessed to help extract oil from natural reservoirs, said Emily Brodsky, assistant…

Health & Medicine

Mayo Clinic’s New Jaw Reconstruction Method for Oral Cancer

“We think this new process can be a huge advantage for patients and a good tool for reconstructive surgeons,” says Daniel Price, M.D., Mayo Clinic ear, nose…

Studies and Analyses

A Car's Middle Back Seat May Be Least Desirable, but It's the Safest

It also happens to be the safest.University at Buffalo researchers studied all auto crashes involving a fatality in the U.S. between 2000 and 2003 where…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Better Beetles: A Natural Solution for Salt Cedar Control

Uzbekistan salt cedar beetles being released by the Experiment Station's entomology department are the same species as those released on the salt cedar stands…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Gene Expression After Mating in Fruit Flies

Now, evolutionary and developmental biologists at the University of Georgia and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have uncovered evidence that after fruit…

Studies and Analyses

Preventive Treatment Cuts Malaria Risk in Infants

Malaria is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, causing an estimated 3,000 deaths each day and at least 300 million cases of severe illness each year,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Boost Cell Phone Performance with Noise Measurement Insights

Low background noise typically translates to better performance in electronics, such as longer ranges and clearer signals or higher information-carrying…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanotubes Move Like Guitar Strings in New Imaging Breakthrough

In an exciting advance in nanotechnology imaging, Rice University scientists have discovered a way to use standard optical microscopes and video cameras to…

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