At the time, Tyska knew that the core bundle traveling up the center of the microvillus was an array of the structural protein actin, and that the ladder-like…
These findings appear in the 1 June 2007 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society.Upright walking, or bipedalism, has…
Neuropathic pain is the result of damage to nerve fibers caused by injuries or diseases, such as diabetes and cancer. These damaged nerve fibers continue to…
The lateral line is an organ used by all fish to detect, with exquisite sensitivity, movement and vibration in the surrounding water. According to the research…
The effectiveness of sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate, two chemicals the body already makes to carry nitrogen for disposal in urine “just knocked my…
Scientists from Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research (IBN), Austrian Academy of Sciences and of Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts…
Now, Selman and coworkers present in an article published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE on Wednesday 30th May, strong evidence indicating that a…
Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.Classic risk factors including smoking, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol…
Magnetic resonance imaging is a very effective method for revealing anatomical details of soft tissues. Contrast agents can help to make these images even…
Their work appears this month online in Psychophysiology.”This study looks at two facets of anxiety that often are not distinguished,” said U. of I. psychology…
The results, appearing today in the online edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience, reveal a new mechanism of learning in the brain, which might serve in…
“The possibility of an influenza pandemic, whether sparked by H5N1 or another influenza virus to which humans have no natural immunity, is of serious concern…
Today's powerful computers have opened previously unimagined possibilities regarding the presentation and analysis of scientific data. Volume data, in…
Forthcoming in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, a fascinating new selection of papers collects leading experimental research in evolution and artificial…
The genome sequence shows that C. botulinum doesn’t have subtle tools to evade our human defences or tricky methods of acquiring resistance to antibiotics. It…
The problem highlights a general issue in evolutionary biology of what determines the range of plants and animals we see compared to those that might have…
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