Matter can show a wide variety of states and forms, including liquids, solids and gases, and metals, semiconductors, insulators and superconductors. Research…
Newly published research led by Professor Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds important new light on how neurons in the…
In a collaborative effort involving 74 researchers from 38 research institutes, scientists have produced the full genome of a wild strawberry plant. The…
“Understanding the mechanism by which RF genes suppress the male sterile phenotype and restore fertility to plants is critical for continued improvements in…
Stony Brook University Professor of Geosciences and Physics, Artem Oganov, along with several colleagues, appears to have solved the long-standing mystery of…
Emotional crying is a universal, uniquely human behavior. When we cry, we clearly send all sorts of emotional signals. In a paper published online today in…
In many significant natural products, furans are a key motif. These oxygen-containing five-membered heterocycles are also versatile building blocks in the…
The team of researchers created genetic sequences never before seen in nature, and the scientists showed that they can produce substances that sustain life in…
A simple technique to make a common virus-killing material significantly more effective is a breakthrough from the Rice University labs of Andrew Barron and…
The protocluster of very early galaxies is centered on a source dubbed AzTEC 3, after the millimeter-wave instrument that first saw it. The full collection of…
The guidelines were compiled by a panel comprising members from the previous panels and new members with substantial knowledge, experience, and publications in…
In a presentation at the American Astronomical Society meeting this week and a related paper in the current issue of the journal Nature, researchers say that…
Author: Fumihiko Ishikawa, Unit Leader, Research Unit for Human Disease Model, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and ImmunologyWhen viruses or bacteria enter…
Antioxidants are sold over the counter everywhere. They’re added to food, drink and face cream. But according to Prof. Nava Dekel of the Biological Regulation…
The variant, a change in a single letter of the DNA sequence, impairs channels that control kidney function.”It’s not a heart gene,” says Gerald W. Dorn II,…
University of Rochester Medical Center orthopaedic scientists are a step closer to developing a vaccine to prevent life-threatening methicillin-resistant…
In their latest study, researchers at the Salk Institute uncovered presenilin’s productive side: It helps embryonic motor neurons navigate the maze of chemical…
Instead of resolving to make drastic new year changes, establish healthy traditions for the winter months, MU nutrition and exercise physiology experts…
Using chemical compounds found in a Japanese plant as a lead and the clever application of ultraviolet light, a Scripps Research Institute team has created a…
Some amoebae do what many people do. Before they travel, they pack a lunch.In results of a study reported today in the journal Nature, evolutionary biologists…