Scientists are identifying additional species of Geomyces and describing development of a highly sensitive DNA-based…
Month: March 2013
Symbols, such as traffic lights, on menus effective in educating diners
The combination of a symbol and a numeric calorie count on a menu is the…
Mechanism that regulates production of energy-burning brown fat discovered
Scientists have discovered a mechanism that regulates the production of brown fat, a type of…
New monoclonal antibody developed that can target proteins inside cancer cells
Scientists have created a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell.
Molecule’s structure reveals new therapeutic opportunities for rare diabetes
Researchers have determined the 3-D structure of a protein called HNF-4±. People with mature onset…
Protein may alter inevitability of osteoarthritis
Few things in life are inevitable – death, taxes, and, if you live long enough,…
Rewriting history of Universe’s stellar baby boom: Ancient, highly active galaxies discovered
New observations show that the most vigorous bursts of star birth in the cosmos took…
Strange spaghetti-shaped creature is missing link: Discovery pushes fossil record back 200 million years
Canada’s 505 million year-old Burgess Shale fossil beds, located in Yoho National Park, have yielded…
Mechanical micro-drum used as quantum memory
Researchers have demonstrated that information encoded as a specific point in a traveling microwave signal…
New MRI method fingerprints tissues and diseases: Aims for fast and affordable scans, early and quick diagnoses
A new method of magnetic resonance imaging could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart…