Researchers have identified a series of mutations that could help to improve early detection of…
Month: January 2015
Slight increase in ICT sector employment
Researchers have analysed the ICT sector and its R&D investments — both private and public…
Melting glaciers have big carbon impact
As Earth warms, scientists have been focused on how glaciers melting will affect sea level…
New high-speed 3-D microscope — SCAPE — gives deeper view of living things
SCAPE, a new microscope that images living things in 3-D at very high speeds, has…
How the brain recognizes danger: New discovery
Our existence depends on a bit of evolutionary genius aptly nicknamed “fight or flight.” But…
Study suggests increase in falls among the elderly
Over a 12-year period, the prevalence of falls among older adults appeared to be on…
Researchers open ‘Pandora’s Box’ of potential cancer biomarkers
The global landscape of a portion of the genome that has not been previously well-explored…
Dawn spacecraft delivers new image of dwarf planet Ceres
As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at…
Bariatric surgery can benefit some obese children, teens
Bariatric surgery–as a last resort when conservative interventions have failed–can improve liver disease and other…
How planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects
Thinking small has enabled an international team of scientists to gain new insight into the…