Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells…

Their study, published online this month in Molecular Genetics and Genomics, casts doubt on the old notion of a tradeoff between reproduction and longevity.Popular wisdom and scientific opinion have held that “the more you reproduce the shorter you’re going to live,” said senior author John Tower, associate professor of biological sciences at USC….

Permission has been granted to start the first safety and tolerability trial on patients for a remedy for ALS. ALS is an incurable, paralyzing…

Annotating information with semantic data so that its meaning is understood by machines as well as humans has been heralded as the next evolution of the…

According to one estimate, Christmas holiday sales online are expected to total about $32 billion this year. This represents a 9 percent increase in online…

Using Venus Express, it is possible to compare what the planet looks like in different wavelengths, giving scientists a powerful tool to study the physical…

The students were testing a method of investigating the light fluctuations of thousands of stars in the OGLE database in an automated way. The brightness of…

Findings from this are being presented at a groundbreaking conference on December 5 bringing together cutting edge research and practice in the genre from…

The power of ‘genetic microscopes’ has increased because the methods are in place to study many thousands of DNA samples. This study, involving over 20,000…

Transportation programs have been in place for over three decades to improve the survival of fish that hatch in rivers but migrate downstream to the ocean,…

There is no such thing as laying off risk if no one is able to insure it. Big new risks were taken in extending mortgages to far more people than could handle…

Today, W3C has made it easier to create content designed to improve people’s mobile experience using a broad range of devices. W3C invites the community to try…

Published in the current online issue of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, the study shows the importance of maturation in defining mating and paternity…

Organic compounds can also be a by-product of life processes and their detection on an Earth-like planet may someday provide the first evidence of life beyond…

In a series of experiments reported today (Dec. 9) in the Journal of Neuroscience, a University of Wisconsin-Madison pharmacy researcher was able to prolong…

To this end, they have studied the consumption in diets with different fatty composition, based on extra virgin olive oil, nuts and butter, observing that…

Among many other factors, they have to decide on the route, the loading capacity of the vans or trucks used and the extent to which they can be filled. Above…

Virtual organisations are entering the real world thanks to the work of the SIMDAT project, which leveraged the power of grids to seamlessly and securely…

This free access to 20 additional major databases and journal archives will be possible due to new national licenses funded by the Deutsche…

Michael Kasumovic, a former University of Toronto Scarborough PhD student, examined Australian Redback male spiders to determine whether the larger ones had an…