Thanks to better voting technology over the last decade, the country’s election process has seen…
Month: October 2012
Prehistoric human populations prospered before the agricultural boom, research suggests
Researchers have found major prehistoric human population expansions may have begun before the Neolithic period,…
NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement observatory completes first dry run
NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite went through its first complete comprehensive performance…
Ozone affects forest watersheds
Scientists have found that rising levels of ozone, a greenhouse gas, may amplify the impacts…
Mutation that causes skin hyperproliferation identified
Scientists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes patches of very thick skin…
Developed a technology that predicts metastasis in breast cancer
Researchers have developed a diagnostic tool that identifies the metastatic ability of breast cancer cells….
Reprogrammed amniotic fluid cells could treat vascular diseases
Scientists have discovered a way to utilize diagnostic prenatal amniocentesis cells, reprogramming them into abundant…
From the twitching whiskers of babes: Naptime behavior shapes the brain
The whiskers of newborn rats twitch as they sleep, in a whisker equivalent of rapid-eye-movements,…
Treating vascular disorders with a cell-based strategy
A new approach for generating large numbers of circulatory system cells, known as vascular endothelial…
Rethinking toxic proteins on the cellular level: Lipid droplets play an unexpected role in embryo development
Histones are proteins needed to assemble DNA molecules into chromosomes. They have long represented a…