The genome of the most common form of ovarian cancer is characterized by a few…
Month: June 2011
HIV-inhibiting mechanism identified
Researchers have discovered a long-sought cellular factor that works to inhibit HIV infection of myeloid…
Universe’s most distant quasar found, powered by massive black hole
A team of European astronomers has used European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope and a…
Cancer Genome Atlas completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis
An analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer has provided the most comprehensive and integrated…
Scientists use ‘optogenetics’ to control reward-seeking behavior
The findings suggest that therapeutics targeting the path between two critical brain regions, the amygdala…
New light shed on the private lives of electrons: Lasers allow scientists to observe how electrons become entangled
Scientists have used lasers to peek into the complex relationship between a single electron and…
New fossils demonstrate that powerful eyes evolved in a twinkling
Palaeontologists have uncovered half-a-billion-year-old fossils demonstrating that primitive animals had excellent vision. Scientists found exquisite…
Women get up sooner than men after a fall in soccer
When women play football (soccer), the individual interruptions, for instance for substitutions or to cheer…
Astronomers discover Universe’s most distant quasar
A team of astronomers has discovered the most distant quasar to date — a development…
Getting enough ‘sunshine vitamin’ may not just be about catching rays, new blood test reveals
Researchers have developed a new highly-accurate blood test which can detect how much a patient’s…