The researchers linked many powerful computer systems together to analyze enormous amounts of genetic data collected from all publicly available isolated…

By applying the techniques to the newly completed dataset of the multi-institution Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), the scientists…

Biotechnology as applied to food and plants has been overlooked by the leading countries in this sector – the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the…

Physicians currently insert camera-equipped endoscopes into patients to hunt visible abnormalities, such as tumors, in the gastrointestinal tract and internal…

For the first time, scientists have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a…

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila…

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way they might deliver the right therapy directly to tumors using special molecules, called…

Get ready for advanced visualization to become common practice in the clinical routine when Siemens introduces syngo®.via at the 95th Scientific Assembly and…

Faculty and students from Louisiana Tech University are playing an important role in what has been described as “the most complex and comprehensive science…

An international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object…

Although bone marrow transplants have long been standard for acute leukemia, current treatments still rely on exact matches between donor and patient. Now,…

Although a theory developed years ago describes what the explosion of such an enormous star should look like, no one had actually observed one – until now. An…

The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up its sleeve to jump the species…

A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of…

The summer of 2007 saw a record retreat in Arctic sea ice, and in general Arctic climate has become steadily warmer since the early 1990s. This has changed…

Metal catalysts, with their ability to both speed up chemical reactions and influence product structures, have revolutionized manufacturing of essential goods…

In the same journal two other international research teams independently confirm the findings of Dr. John B. Vincent, a scientist at CAMH, and his team. “This…

“Mars was a lot different 3-1/2 billion years ago. It was more like Earth with liquid water,” said Jennifer Eigenbrode, a scientist at the NASA Goddard Space…

The scientists’ report, which appears in a recent issue of Current Biology, also provides further evidence that cooperation in nature is not always a festival…

Neuroscientists have forged an unlikely molecular union as part of their fight against diseases of the brain and nervous system.The team has brought together…