Researchers have found that adolescents who spend more time thinking and talking about the news…
Month: September 2012
Isolating stem cells from brain tumors
A new video protocol details an assay to identify brain tumor initiating stem cells from…
Lab encodes collagen: Program defines stable sequences for synthesis, could help fight disease, design drugs
In a discovery with implications for drug design, tissue engineering and the treatment of disease,…
Oropharyngeal cancer patients with HPV have a more robust response to radiation therapy
Cancer researchers have discovered significant differences in radiation-therapy response among patients with oropharyngeal cancer depending…
Hotter might be better at energy-intensive data centers
New research examines the issue of temperature management in data centers, and suggests that allowing…
Cost-efficient method developed for maximizing benefits from wine waste
A new study shows that grape skin and seeds generated from winemaking — known as…
Into the mind of the common fruit fly
Although a nuisance in every home, fruit flies have made surprising contributions to medical science….
Language use is simpler than previously thought, study suggests
For more than 50 years, language scientists have assumed that sentence structure is fundamentally hierarchical,…
Species richness and genetic diversity do not go hand in hand in alpine plants
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that a high level of species diversity in…
Making and breaking heterochromatin
To fit the two-meter long DNA molecule into a cell nucleus that is only a…