An investigation by the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration has significantly…
An analysis of data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration, or LIGO, and the Virgo Collaboration has set the…
The researchers, from Imperial College London, say their findings improve understanding of the way Leishmania parasites establish an infection and could aid…
They gracefully swim through the complete darkness of submarine caves, constantly on the lookout for prey. Instead of eyes, predatory crustaceans of the class…
Compared with our everyday experience, the quantum world – the world of the very small, of atoms and elementary particles – is incredibly bizarre. For example,…
Writing in the new issue of the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology, they say around 22,000 flying foxes are legally hunted (in addition to…
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a common gene variant carried by as many as a third of the general population that…
Many classical algorithms in computer science include so called “random walks”, where possible ways to solve a problem are chosen at random. Algorithms of that…
A newly designed computational method has proven its usefulness in counting copies of duplicated genome sequences and in doing initial assessments of their…
In the open ocean, species of large predatory fish will swim and hunt for food at various depths, which leads to unique diets in these fish. Oceanographers and…
Today W3C takes steps toward building a Web of trust, and making it possible to discover relevant, quality content more efficiently. When content providers use…
The prevailing wisdom in the field of molecular evolution was that new genes could only evolve from duplicated or rearranged versions of preexisting genes. It…
The independent research study, “Consumer survey on the new format of the European Energy Label for televisions” by Stefanie Heinzle and Rolf Wüstenhagen from…
Researchers at and associated with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), at The Scripps Research Institute, and at the biotechnology companies…
A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a genetic cause of progressive hearing loss. The findings will help scientists…
In order to foresee the appearance of desertification processes, defined by the United Nations as the “degradation of the land into arid, semi-arid and…
Leather handbags and chunks of red meat: when wildlife specialists find these items in shipping containers, luggage, or local markets, they can now use newly…
Watermelon vine decline (WVD) is a new and emerging disease that has created devastating economic losses for watermelon producers in Florida. Caused by the…
The burgeoning research fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology are commonly thought to be highly multidisciplinary because they draw on many areas of science…
The expedition, made possible with a grant from the National Geographic Society and led by a University of Illinois archaeologist, will investigate the…
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