Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that…
Month: May 2013
Unleashing the watchdog protein: Research opens door to new drug therapies for Parkinson’s disease
Researchers have unlocked a new door to developing drugs to slow the progression of Parkinson’s…
Heady mathematics: Describing popping bubbles in a foam
Two applied mathematicians have found a way to mathematically describe the evolution and disappearance of…
Water on Moon, Earth came from same primitive meteorites
The water found on the moon, like that on Earth, came from small meteorites called…
Dust in the clouds: Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles
Cirrus clouds influence global climate, cooling the planet by reflecting incoming solar radiation and warming…
Using bacteria to stop malaria
Mosquitoes are deadly efficient disease transmitters. New research however, demonstrates that they also can be…
Women altering menstruation cycles in large numbers
A surprisingly large number of women 18 or older choose to delay or skip monthly…
Dynamic behavior of progenitor cells in brain discovered
By monitoring the behavior of a class of cells in the brains of living mice,…
How state and local governments can address the obesity epidemic
Researchers suggest that simple and innovative measures at the state and local level can play…
Ice-free Arctic may be in our future, international researchers say
Analyses of the longest continental sediment core ever collected in the Arctic provide “absolutely new…