Digital 3D shapes, whether modelling a human kidney or the door-handle on a concept car, are crucial to modern science and industrial practice. Currently in…
Researchers from Brookhaven’s biology department and the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) characterized a component of the virus that will be the…
Observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope show that gas giants either form within the first 10 million years of a sun-like star’s life, or not at all….
Industrial fires, explosions and chemical contamination are dangerous circumstances fire and rescue teams face on a daily basis. However small explorer robots,…
One of the most interesting examples are those of stars accompanied not only by planets, but also by other stars, making double “Sun” sunsets, and sunrises, no…
This virtual screening challenge of the international WISDOM (World-wide In Silico Docking On Malaria) initiative between 1 October and 31 January targeted…
The defects were caused by mutations, which can be thought of as spelling errors in the genetic code. The defects produced one of two abnormal heart rhythm…
BACKGROUND: Oral phenylephrine is used as a decongestant, yet there is no published systematic review supporting its efficacy and safety.OBJECTIVE: To assess…
Research by scientists at UCL (University College London) has clearly demonstrated for the first time the structure and function of a gene crucial to the…
The Dutch government’s energy policy is characterised by capriciousness, lack of a constant vision with respect to the direction of search and little…
The collaborative study by investigators at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Indiana University and Eli Lilly Co., was…
In a word, mainly a headache. “Anyone who has a digital camera has the problem that they have more photos than they can possibly navigate,” says Steve Seitz,…
The Science Programme Committee recognised the outstanding legacy that Mars Express and Venus Express are building for future generations of scientists, and…
Faced with a minefield of information of variable quality, health consumers subject websites to an initial weeding-out process that will eliminate most NHS and…
How you ever stopped to wonder how a fruit fly is able to locate and blissfully drown in your wine glass on a warm summer evening, especially since its flight…
Vitiligo is a chronic condition in which melanocytes (the cells that make pigment) in the skin are destroyed. As a result, white patches appear on the skin in…
A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist says transferring large data files, such as movies and music, over the Internet could be sped up significantly…
Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, an exoplanet with a radius only 50% larger than the Earth and capable…
Rune Moeller Jensen is researching automatic planning at The IT University of Copenhagen. “Planning is based on selecting and organizing activities in relation…
Findings from the study, the first to suggest that people will pay a premium to protect their privacy when shopping online, will be presented Friday, June 8,…
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