Differences in height, skin and eye color of humans, for example, are very noticeable, but are actually the consequences of very small variations in genetic…
In an article in the Oct. 25, 2010, issue of the journal Zootaxa, researchers for the first time described the immature stages of the insect species…
Equipment built by German scientists can be used to study processes at interfaces with great accuracy. In an article published recently in ChemPhysChem, Hans…
Working in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation), and…
A team of researchers at the University of Glasgow and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, have discovered a new way of blocking the spontaneous differentiation…
Learning and memory formation are based on the creation of new connections between neurons in the brain. Also, behaviors such as nicotine addiction manifest…
Another protein glue usually makes it possible for our genes to be copied and kept together as parallel strands before neatly splitting into two batches of…
Scientists have discovered an amazingly simple way that cells stabilize their machinery for forcing apart chromosomes. Their findings are reported Nov. 25 in…
In the scorching summer heat of the Chihuahuan Desert in southwest Texas, air temperatures can hover around 97°F (36°C) while at the surface of the soil…
These events are expensive, time-consuming and potentially dangerous. To help first responders at all levels of government deal safely and more effectively…
Since it works with samples close to a thousand times smaller than comparable commercial instruments, the new technique should be an important addition to the…
The research team demonstrated the novel microscopy technique, called nonlinear interferometric vibrational imaging (NIVI), on rat breast-cancer cells and…
Cancer researchers have known since the 1980s that p53 plays a critical role in protecting cells from becoming cancerous. P53 is defective in about half of all…
Mildew infections not only cause unsightly vegetable patches, they can also result in extensive crop failure. Interestingly, the processes involved in…
In experiments with African cichlid fish, the scientists discovered that when a female shows a preference for a particular male, but then witnesses him losing…
An international team led by researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Cambridge has announced a breakthrough in identifying people at risk of…
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