Abnormalities in mitochondrial length promote the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Month: August 2012
Past tropical climate change linked to ocean circulation
A new record of past temperature change in the tropical Atlantic Ocean’s subsurface provides clues…
Gene ‘switch’ may explain DiGeorge syndrome severity
The discovery of a ‘switch’ that modifies a gene known to be essential for normal…
Novel microscopy method offers sharper view of brain’s neural network
An Italian research team has, for the first time, imaged a fluorescent mouse brain in…
Human lungs brush out intruders
A new study helps to explain how human airways clear mucus out of the lungs….
How does body temperature reset the biological clock?
Scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism by which body temperature rhythms influence the expression of…
Engineers achieve longstanding goal of stable nanocrystalline metals
Most metals — from the steel used to build bridges and skyscrapers to the copper…
Supernovae of the same brightness, cut from vastly different cosmic cloth
Astronomers have presented the first-ever direct observations of a Type 1a supernova progenitor system. Astronomers…
Histone-modifying proteins, not histones, remain associated with DNA through replication
A study of Drosophila embryos found that parental methylated histones are not transferred to daughter…
New standard high efficiency video coding encodes films more efficiently
Television resolution is constantly improving – and this must go hand-in-hand with transmitting the data…