One of the central demands of the animal activists is to abolish animal testing and to use alternative testing methods instead. In this context, the European…
The following companies will be exhibiting on the French Pavilion (Stand 258). The French Trade Commission is presenting these four innovative companies, as…
They say their findings offer clues about the biological mechanisms that cause vasospasm, or constriction of blood vessels that reduces oxygen flow to the…
A new way to attack flu viruses is taking shape in laboratories at Rutgers University, where scientists have identified chemical agents that block the virus’s…
A global hunt for genes that influence heart disease risk has uncovered 157 changes in human DNA that alter the levels of cholesterol and other blood fats – a…
New research suggests that brain training programs might strengthen your ability to hold information in mind, but they won’t bring any benefits to the kind of…
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they’ve helped…
It has been scientifically proven that about 15 per cent of all cancer cases are the result of viral infection, but many researchers believe that even more…
Aleksey Kolmogorov, assistant professor of physics at Binghamton, proposed the new superconductor in Physical Review Letters in 2010 and then teamed up with…
It has been scientifically proven that about 15 per cent of all cancer cases are the result of viral infection, but many researchers believe that even more…
Rocky pillars dotting Iceland’s Skaelingar valley were projectiles tossed into the fields by warring trolls.That, at least, is the tale that University at…
Case Western Reserve University researchers today published findings that point to a promising discovery for the treatment and prevention of prion diseases,…
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new way to parse and understand how special proteins called “master…
The find suggests that the ancestors of chelicerates – spiders, scorpions and their kin – branched off from the family tree of other arthropods – including…
The study is expected to help in the search for therapeutic strategies to slow or reverse the aging process, and possibly rejuvenate these critically important…
People use their GPS apps, cameras, and mobile internet to navigate strange cities in search of good coffee, record “selfie” commentary while they wait in…
In Australia’s Western Desert, Aboriginal hunters use a unique method that actually increases populations of the animals they hunt, according to a study…
New research from the University of Utah shows the answer to that question may be yes in some situations. Researchers have uncovered an association between…
The behaviour of semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) feeding during low tide in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, surprised Guy Beauchamp, an…
The key to future HIV treatment could be hidden right in our own genes. Everyone who becomes infected deploys defense strategies, and some even manage to hold…