The method can be used to identify the persistence of key odorants after intake of food such as coffee, aromatized beverages, chewing gum, candies or any other…
Scientists of the LMU of Munich identified a novel member of a subgroup of the sorting nexin family, SNX-B8 also denoted as SNX-30. In the present invention…
The invention concerns a new kind of mounting parts ( called “short laminations” in the cost schedule) for the increased punching shear strength of ferro- or…
At Saarland University Professor Nachtigall developed a new adhesion mechanism based on a bionic approach. The water beetle possesses a lot of tiny adhesion…
BSE belongs to the sphere of types of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), which can develop in humans due to misfolded protein bodies, so-called…
Meso- and nanotubes with different layers have been used for some time for the production of hollow fibres and non-wovens. These non-wovens and the hollow…
The invention relates to a new chemical class of compounds, which modulate the aggregation of amyloidogenetic proteins or peptides. The heterocylic or aromatic…
Since horses commonly suffer from illnesses of the upper respiratory tract, an effective inhalation therapy can help avert financial losses for race/sports…
The treatment of lung and respiratory diseases, such as asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), pneumonia and pulmonary hypertension, is…
The new procedure provides a useful tool for the selection of breeding animals with gene variants having proven positive effect on breeding values for protein…
The device permits the uncomplicate realization of longitudinal analysis under the microscop. The device exists, according to the demand of the medium, in…
One in a new generation of computer climate models that include the effects of Earth’s carbon cycle indicates there are limits to the planet’s ability to absorb increased emissions of carbon dioxide.
If current production of carbon from fossil fuels continues unabated, by the end of the century the land and oceans will be less able to take up carbon than they are today, the model indicates.
“If we maintain our current course of fossil fuel emissions or accelerat
The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) reached a significant goal on Aug. 2 when scientists drilled into a seismically active section of the fault approximately two miles below the surface of the Earth.
“This is a milestone for SAFOD,” says Mark Zoback, a professor of geophysics at Stanford University. “For the first time, scientists have drilled directly into the San Andreas Fault Zone at a depth that will allow us to observe earthquakes up close for decades to come.”
Scientists at Yale and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory report the first large-scale survey of patterns of gene expression in flowers, using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, to identify the genes most likely to have critical roles in plant reproduction.
The researchers studied 1765 lines and identified 80 genes active in petal and stamen development using “gene trapping.” In this gene discovery technique a reporter tag was inserted into cells so that they stained blue only
Nerve cells need lots of energy to work properly, and the energy needs to be delivered to the right place at the right time. By inducing a mutation in fruit flies, researchers have figured out that a particular gene governs the movement of cells’ energy-producing units, called mitochondria.
Rather than moving to the ends of the cells, or synapses, where cell-to-cell communication takes place, mitochondria in mutant fruit flies just piled up in the center of the cell. Even so,
Product is lethal even at lower concentrations; soil does not lessen its effects
As amphibians continue to mysteriously disappear worldwide, a University of Pittsburgh researcher may have found more pieces of the puzzle. Elaborating on his previous research, Pitt assistant professor of biological sciences Rick Relyea has discovered that Roundup(r), the most commonly used herbicide in the world, is deadly to tadpoles at lower concentrations than previously tested; that the presen
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