A University of Houston (UH) geoscientist and his colleagues are revealing new discoveries about the Earth’s development, following a major international…
Using a simple physical approach, the study explains how the water cycle reacts to surface warming and that it responds differently to heating by sunlight or…
Climatologists at TU Berlin discovered a previously unknown connection between glacier variability and temperate zones. In their new publication, Dr. Thomas…
By 2017, all of the year’s end-of-life refrigerators, TVs, mobile phones, computers, monitors, e-toys and other products with a battery or electrical cord…
Sugar molecules are crucial to cell adhesion, the specific interaction between cells, and hence to the development of the embryo. This is the conclusion…
Since then, no other large-scale biological formation of oxygen has been found, until now. New research results show that down in the dark depths of the soil,…
The findings, the researchers say, suggest that the weight people give to the passage of time may be a trait consistently used throughout their brains,…
In spring 2010, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned from the South Pacific with a scientific treasure – ocean sediments from a previously almost…
A new theoretical model developed by professors at the University of Houston (UH) and Université de Montréal may hold the key to methods for developing better…
These dangerous blockages that can lead to heart attacks and strokes are not easily diagnosed due to “the lack of noninvasive imaging techniques to accurately…
The transfer of knowledge on pharmacological neuroenhancement has become the focus of a new interdisciplinary research group at Johannes Gutenberg University…
Novel or highly modified genes play a major role in the development of the different castes within ant colonies. Evolutionary biologists at Johannes Gutenberg…
Autonomous robots that find their way through unfamiliar terrain? Not so distant future.Researchers at the Bernstein Fokus Neuronal Basis of Learning, the…
In contrast to sustainability, the definition of resilience relates to the ability of ecosystems to absorb shocks and disruptions and to maintain central…
What do companies associate with competence management? How do they think it can benefit them, and how can they make it efficient and effective?Fraunhofer IAO…
Still today, little is known on how this remarkable diversity arose. Scientists of the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), the Naturalis…
The study is published today in Molecular Psychiatry and may help scientists understand biological mechanisms behind some forms of intellectual impairment. The…
Heidelberg researchers have been delving into the basic regulatory mechanisms of stem cell differentiation. Using the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly as a…
Findings also suggest that a class of drugs previously developed to treat atherosclerosis might be repurposed for treatment of advanced prostate cancer.
Use of certain animal drugs known as beta agonists in cattle production has received considerable national attention.