Araújo et al. projected distributions of 42 amphibian and 66 reptile species 20-50 years into the future under four emission scenarios proposed by the…
There currently exist informatics applications – some of which may be consulted on the Internet – that offer a valuation of a property by means of a…
Dr Iraj Amiri, embryology laboratory director at the IVF Centre, Fatemieh Hospital, Hamadan, Iran, said: “In recent years nitric oxide (NO) has been recognised…
Exposed metal surfaces are highly vulnerable to corrosion, but paint or other protective coatings can interfere with some uses, as well as add significant…
The use of computers to advance human disease research – known as bioinformatics — has received a major boost from researchers at the La Jolla Institute for…
The discovery of melatonin in grape skin could explain why so many of us hit the bottle in the evening to wind down after a day's hard slog. 'The melatonin…
The prevailing hypothesis concerning the development of allergy and probably autoimmune disease is the “hygiene hypothesis,” which states that people in…
“For years people have been trying to understand this beautiful formation,” said Dr. Enrico Scarpella, from the U of A's Department of Biological Sciences. “We…
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today–with key support from leading energy producers in the Rockies–released first-year results from a study on how…
Preliminary assessments by scientists from Russia, the University of Florida, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks indicate that loess permafrost, which…
Despite its importance in everyday human function, very little is known about the regulation of sleep. In search of the underlying brain region responsible for…
“Unfortunately, children living in trailer parks have a hard time reaping the benefits of small-town living unless they work exceptionally hard to build…
With the computing technique, mobile devices can pick up data that may have been “missed” when first broadcast, thereby alleviating the wait for subsequent…
A research team led by Dr. Chandra Mohan, associate professor of internal medicine, found that a defect in the Ly108 gene causes immune cells called B-cells to…
“It is exciting to have quadrupled the known population of Neptune Trojans,” said Carnegie Hubble Fellow Scott Sheppard, lead author of the study, which…
The findings appear in the second issue for June 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic…