Physicists have achieved quantum teleportation over a record distance of 143 km. The experiment is…
Month: September 2012
Children exposed to two phthalates have elevated risk of asthma-related airway inflammation
Children exposed to diethyl phthalate and butylbenzyl phthalate — phthalate chemicals commonly found in personal…
Telaprevir: Added benefit in certain patients with hepatitis C
The new drug telaprevir offers advantages in various groups of patients with chronic hepatitis C…
How ocean energy impacts life in the deep sea: Results will help scientists understand what to expect under future climate change
A new study of deep-sea species worldwide examines how gradients in food and temperature in…
Gender equality influences how people choose their partners
Men and women clearly have different strategies for picking sexual partners, but the reason why…
Teens tell different tales about themselves depending on gender
During adolescence, the stories young people tell about themselves reflects their development of a personal…
Study in mice discovers injection of heat-generating cells reduces belly fat
The injection of a tiny capsule containing heat-generating cells into the abdomens of mice led…
Huge human gene study includes Penn State University research
The first integrated understanding of how the human genome functions will be published this week…
UMASS Medical School faculty annotate human genome for ENCODE project
The first comprehensive decoding and annotation of the human genome is being published today by…
UC Santa Cruz provides access to encyclopedia of the human genome
The ENCODE project has enabled scientists to assign specific functions for 80 percent of the…