Using a sensor that weighs cells with unprecedented precision, MIT and Harvard researchers have measured the rate at which single cells accumulate mass — a…
Researchers at ETH Zürich, EPF Lausanne and University of Fribourg have teamed up to take Atomic Force Microscopy images of the fibers and to analyze them…
The study also reveals a small molecule inhibitor developed by Ferguson, which may provide a new and better way to treat anxiety, depression and other related…
Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a “smartphone” and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in—not to mention an MP3 player,…
Researchers in Singapore are reporting this week that they have gleaned key insights into the architecture of a protein that controls iron levels in almost all…
In a new longitudinal study appearing in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, researchers identified new infections in children and adolescents with…
The scientists' report, online today (April 9), will appear in a future issue of Nano Letters, an American Chemical Society journal.”Our interest stems from…
If you consider yourself to be too short or too tall, things are looking up, or down, depending on your vertical disposition. New research published online in…
For osteoporosis patients unable to exercise, help may be on the way. That's because scientists have discovered precisely how mechanical stress, such as…
Roberto Danovaro, from the Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, worked with a team of researchers to retrieve sediment samples from a deep…
Thomas E. Ichim from Medistem Incorporated, USA worked with a team of 13 researchers from industry and academia to further investigate whether this supplement,…
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have identified a major indicator of two deadly diseases of the heart and blood vessels: heart…
Using “next generation” techniques researchers at the Ruhr-Universität together with international colleagues have decoded the genome of the fungus Sordaria…
The study is published today online by Circulation Research, a scientific journal of the American Heart Association. The study also will appear in the…
Today, 150 years after Darwin’s famous book, finches can still teach us a lesson about evolution. A large, international group of researchers, among them Prof….
“Many people, and even many physicians, think you develop diabetes that is solely secondary to obesity,” said Dr. Joel Elmquist, professor of internal medicine…