Using the Large Area Telescope (LAT), the primary instrument on NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope satellite, the discoveries were made by conducting blind…
Shuanglin Zhang, who holds the Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professorship in Mathematical Sciences, leads the team of mathematicians that isolated the genes…
Before entering the cleanroom, the researcher dons special protective clothing to avoid carrying germs or other impurities into the highly sensitive…
Molecules of hydrogen are difficult to steer with electric fields because of the symmetrical way that charges are distributed within them. But now researchers…
The molecule, known as Lysyl-tRNA synthetase (or LysRS in brief) is one of the most ancient molecules in the cell, where it has long been recognized for its…
Soman, Tabun, and Sarin (which has already been used in terrorist attacks) are chemical weapons that attack the nervous system. When inhaled, these extremely…
A new way to select and switch on one cell type in an organism using light has helped answer a long-standing question about the function of one class of…
Researchers are one step closer to creating a micro-aircraft that flies with the manoeuvrability and energy efficiency of an insect after decoding the…
Toshiya MuranakaSenior Visiting ScientistMetabolic Diversity Research TeamMetabolic Function Research GroupRIKEN Plant Science CenterPlants biosynthesize a…
Policymakers have long insisted on the importance of understanding young people’s health and eating habits but this is the first study to show how everyday…
In 1931, Paul Dirac, one of the rock stars of the physics world, made the somewhat startling prediction that “magnetic monopoles,” or particles possessing only…
Sinuous, meandering streams produce diverse and wildlife-rich habitats and are the aim of many river restoration efforts, but until now, the bank, water flow…
In 1931, Paul Dirac, one of the rock stars of the physics world, made the somewhat startling prediction that “magnetic monopoles,” or particles possessing only…
Using computer modeling, the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Scottsdale Healthcare have discovered lung cancer ‘pathways’ that could become…
These findings, by Arthur V. Peterson Jr., Ph.D., Kathleen A. Kealey and colleagues, are reported in a pair of papers in the Oct. 12 “Advance Access” online…
The paper, entitled “A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen,” presents the first prediction of stable LiHn hydrides (LiH2, LiH6, LiH8). These…
The ID system lies in the roots and the chemical cues they secrete.The finding not only sheds light on the intriguing sensing system in plants, but also may…
For the first time, researchers are able to look at the need for every gene in a bacterial cell in a single experiment. The new method will transform the study…
The grand prize winner of the 2009 European Satellite Navigation Competition, Osmógrafo®, combines satellite positioning with wind measurement and rescue dogs’…
It is very difficult to predict whether a cancer drug will help an individual patient: only around one third of drugs will work directly in a given patient. Researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Medical Electronics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have developed a new test process for cancer drugs. With the help of microchips, they can establish in the laboratory whether a patient’s tumor cells will react to a given drug. This chip could help in future with the rapid identification of the most effective medication for the individual patient….
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