The idea is simple, says Kevin Moeller, PhD, and yet it has huge implications. All we are recommending is using photovoltaic cells (clean energy) to power…
The technique improved the efficiency of algorithms used to build models of biological systems more than seven-fold, creating more realistic models that can…
This research, carried out by teams at the Universities of Warwick and British Columbia, could make sustainable sources of biofuels, such as woody plants and…
In the study, mice bred to have the human gene pleiomorphic adenoma gene-like 2 (PLAGL2) all developed emphysema, and by gender also developed lung cancer at…
Gazing into the depths of a pond, it's hard to miss the insects that whirl and zip beneath the surface. However, only one species of spider has joined them:…
Who hasn’t seen M.C. Escher’s famous picture of the stairs that appear to always go up even though they form a closed circle? This tricky visual illusion is…
Wildlife face many threats with spreading urbanization, including habitat loss and inbreeding when populations become fragmented and isolated. It doesn't help…
The tide pool copepod Tigriopus californicus is found from Alaska to Baja California — but in a unique lab study, the animals showed little ability to evolve…
“It’s a basic discovery, but with implications for understanding disease,” said Jonathan Scholey, professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC Davis and…
“The possibility that brain injury may be a consequence of the overconsumption of a typical American diet offers a new explanation for why sustained weight…
One of them, known as Pseudomonas putida CBB5, was found in a flowerbed outside a UI research laboratory. The research team says the discovery — and the new…
Jellyfish can be a nuisance to bathers and boaters in the Chesapeake Bay on the United States' East Coast and many other places along the world's coasts.A new…
Dr. Frédéric Charron, researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team have shown for the first time that a key molecule of…
The unexpectedly simple technique involves activating three genes in the skin cells; genes which are already known to be active in the formation of brain cells…
While the hepatitis C virus can infect chimpanzees and humans, scientists have been unable to study the progression of the virus' life cycle or possible…
A new study may explain why only 50% of patients experiencing chronic nerve pain achieve even partial relief from existing therapeutics.The study, published in…
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